αὔρα

Ancient Greek

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra)

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]

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

First declension of ἡ αὔρᾱ; τῆς αὔρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αὔρᾱ hē aúrā	τὼ αὔρᾱ tṑ aúrā	αἱ αὖραι hai aûrai
Genitive	τῆς αὔρᾱς tês aúrās	τοῖν αὔραιν toîn aúrain	τῶν αὐρῶν tôn aurôn
Dative	τῇ αὔρᾳ tēî aúrāi	τοῖν αὔραιν toîn aúrain	ταῖς αὔραις taîs aúrais
Accusative	τὴν αὔρᾱν tḕn aúrān	τὼ αὔρᾱ tṑ aúrā	τᾱ̀ς αὔρᾱς tā̀s aúrās
Vocative	αὔρᾱ aúrā	αὔρᾱ aúrā	αὖραι aûrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ᾱ̔ αὔρᾱ; τᾶς αὔρᾱς (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ αὔρᾱ hā aúrā	τὼ αὔρᾱ tṑ aúrā	ταὶ αὖραι taì aûrai
Genitive	τᾶς αὔρᾱς tâs aúrās	τοῖν αὔραιν toîn aúrain	τᾶν αὐρᾶν tân aurân
Dative	τᾷ αὔρᾳ tāî aúrāi	τοῖν αὔραιν toîn aúrain	ταῖς αὔραις taîs aúrais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν αὔρᾱν tā̀n aúrān	τὼ αὔρᾱ tṑ aúrā	τᾱ̀ς αὔρᾱς tā̀s aúrās
Vocative	αὔρᾱ aúrā	αὔρᾱ aúrā	αὖραι aûrai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ 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, →ISBN, page 27

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- air idem, page 21.
- blast idem, page 82.
- breeze idem, page 97.
- gust idem, page 379.
- wind idem, page 980.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN