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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

  • τὰ δὲ πρὸσ δυσμὰσ μέρη κεκλιμένα τῆσ Ἀραβίασ διείληπται πεδίοισ ἁμμώδεσιν ἀερίοισ τὸ μέγεθοσ, δι’ ὧν οἱ τὰσ ὁδοιπορίασ ποιούμενοι καθάπερ οἱ ἐν τοῖσ πελάγεσι πρὸσ τὰσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄρκτων σημασίασ τὴν διέξοδον ποιοῦνται. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 54 2:2)

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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