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ἀέριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀέριος ἀέριη ἀέριον

Structure: ἀερι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)h/r

Sense

  1. in the mist or thick air of morning
  2. in the air, high in air

Examples

  • καὶ μίαν ταύτην προαίρεσιν ἐπεποίητο ἐκείνουσ ἐπισκώπτειν καὶ τὴν Διονυσιακὴν ἐλευθερίαν καταχεῖν αὐτῶν, ἄρτι μὲν ἀεροβατοῦντασ δεικνύουσα καὶ νεφέλαισ ξυνόντασ, ἄρτι δὲ ψυλλῶν πηδήματα διαμετροῦντασ, ὡσ δῆθεν τὰ ἀέρια λεπτολογουμένουσ. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 16:1)
  • τῶν διθυράμβων γὰρ τὰ λαμπρὰ γίγνεται ἀέρια καὶ σκότιά γε καὶ κυαναυγέα καὶ πτεροδόνητα· (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric10)
  • ὅτι δὲ καὶ ἀερία ἡ Θάσοσ δῆλον ἐκ τοῦ χρησμοῦ τοῦ δοθέντοσ πατρὶ τοῦ Ἀρχιλόχου· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section19)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ πόλεισ καὶ Αὐενιὼν καὶ Ἀραυσίων καὶ Αἐρία, τῷ ὄντι φησὶν Ἀρτεμίδωροσ ἀερία διὰ τὸ ἐφ’ ὕψουσ ἱδρῦσθαι μεγάλου. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 22:9)

Synonyms

  1. in the air

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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