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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

  • Αἰτίαι ἀέριοι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. z'. DHMOKRITOS 14:10)
  • ἐκδέχονται δὲ ταύτην τὴν παράλιον ἀέριοι θῖνεσ ἅμμου κατά τε τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ τὸ πλάτοσ, μέλανεσ τὴν χρόαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 44 6:3)

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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