“air” in Latin

aër (air as an element: as distinguished from aether, it is the denser air from the earth to the region of the moon) :aether (the purer air of the upper regions of the sky: say from the moon to the stars: the heaven): anima (the air as an element; vital air: mostly poetical, but used four times by Cic.; e.g., inter ignem et terram aquam Deus animamque posuit, Univ., 2): aura (gently waving and fanning air): spiritus (the power that sets masses of air in motion: breath-like current of air: the cause of aura and ventus: semper aer spiritu aliquo movetur): caelum (the whole atmosphere, comprehending both aer and aether; but sometimes used for the one, sometimes for the other, Voss., ad Verg., Ecl., 4, 52). A salubrious air, caelum salubre: caeli salubritas: aër salubris: cool air, aër refrigeratus: cold air, aër frigidus. The density of the air, aëris crassitude. The air ascends in consequence of its lightness, aër fertur levitate sublime. To mount into the air, sublime (seldom in sublime) ferri, efferri; or (of living things) sublimem abire. To fly through the air, per sublime volare. To expose anything to the air, aliquid aëri exponere: to let in the air, aërem immittere, or (if by cutting away) caelum aperire alicui rei: to protect any thing from every breath of air, ab afflatu omni protegere aliquid: curare ne aër aliquid tangere possit: to deprive it of every breath of air, alicui rei omnem spiritum adimere. To breathe air, animam or spiritum ducere: epirare: to live on air, vento vivere (= live on nothing; late). To sleep in the open air, sub divo cubare. Prov., to build castles in the air, somnia sibi fingere (Vid: Lucr., 1, 104): to speak to the air, verba dare in ventos (Ov., Am., 1, 6, 42): verba ventis loqui (Ammianus): verba ventis profundere (Lucr.): in pertusum dolium dicta ingerere (Plaut.): surdo or surdis auribus canere (Verg.): frustra surdas aures fatigare (Curt.). To take the air = walk, Vid :: to take the air in a carriage, on horseback, carpento or equo gestari, vectari: to take air (= to get abroad; of secrets, etc), emanare (to leak out), etc. Vid: ABROAD.

Mien, manner, look, vultus (the proper word, the countenance; the character as indicated by the motion of the eye, the serene or clouded brow, etc.): os (the habitual expression of the eye and mouth): aspectus, visus (look): species: forma: facies (these five, of living or lifeless things: forma aiso, beautiful appearance). A dignified air, ad dignitatem apposita forma et species. To hare a noble air, esse dignitate honesta: an imposing, commanding, majestic air, forma esse imperatoria or augusta: an air of health, bona corporis habitudine esse; *corporis sanitatem prae se ferre: an air of kindness, esse humano visu: an effeminate air, mollem esse in gestu: an air of probability, verisimile videri; simile vero videri. He has an air of being, etc., videtur, with nominative and infinitive. To give any thing an air of, alicui rei speciem addere or praebere.

Airs, plur., jactatio (foolish boastfulness): gloriatio (insolent boastfulness). To give one’s self airs, se jactare (to boast foolishly: intolerantius); arrogantiam sibi sumere: se ostentare (to do it for the purpose of concealing real insignificance). (The words are found in this connection and order.), se niagnifice jactare atque ostentare. If the gait is alluded to, magnitice incedere.

An air, as a musical term, *canticum, quod Italis Aria vocatur: modi, moduli: also, cantus.

aëri exponere (to expose to the air): aërem in aliquid iramittere (to let the air into any tiling; hence to air an inclosed space). To air a room, cubiculi fenestras patefacere, sic ut perflatus aliquis accedat (after Cels., 3, 19): perflatum in cubiculum totis admittere fenestris (after Ov., A.A., 3, 807, and Plin., 17, 19, 31).

To dry, siccare, exsiccare.

To air one’s self. Vid, to take the air, under AIR.