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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

  • ταῦτ’ ἄρ’ ἐποίουν ὑγρᾶν Νεφελᾶν στρεπταιγλᾶν δάιον ὁρμάν, πλοκάμουσ θ’ ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶ πρημαινούσασ τε θυέλλασ, εἶτ’ ἀερίασ διεράσ, γαμψοὺσ οἰωνοὺσ ἀερονηχεῖσ, ὄμβρουσ θ’ ὑδάτων δροσερᾶν Νεφελᾶν· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests22)
  • γοεδνὰ δ’ ἀνθεμίζομαι δειμαίνουσα φίλουσ, τᾶσδε φυγᾶσ ἀερίασ ἀπὸ γᾶσ εἴ τισ ἐστὶ κηδεμών. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 32)
  • ἡ μὲν οὖν ἄλλη πᾶσά ἐστι πεδιὰσ καὶ εὔβοτοσ, ἡ δ’ ἐκ τῆσ Αἐρίασ εἰσ τὴν Αὐενιῶνα ὑπερθέσεισ ἔχει στενὰσ καὶ ὑλώδεισ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 22:10)

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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