αὔρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *auhrā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsr̥h₂ (morning air), from *h₂ews- (dawn; east). From a separate ablaut grade *h₂ewsḗr, the ancestor of ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αὔρᾱ (aúrā) f (genitive αὔρᾱς); first declension

  1. cool air in motion, breeze, fresh air of the morning
  2. steam

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: αύρα (ávra)
  • Latin: aura

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ᾱ̓ήρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 27
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