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αἰθέριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰθέριος

Structure: αἰθερι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)qh/r

Sense

  1. of or in the upper air, high in air, on high, into the air

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative αἰθέριος αἰθερίᾱ αἰθέριον
Genitive αἰθερίου αἰθερίᾱς αἰθερίου
Dative αἰθερίῳ αἰθερίᾱͅ αἰθερίῳ
Accusative αἰθέριον αἰθερίᾱν αἰθέριον
Vocative αἰθέριε αἰθερίᾱ αἰθέριον
DualN/A/V αἰθερίω αἰθερίᾱ αἰθερίω
G/D αἰθερίοιν αἰθερίαιν αἰθερίοιν
PluralNominative αἰθέριοι αἰθέριαι αἰθέρια
Genitive αἰθερίων αἰθεριῶν αἰθερίων
Dative αἰθερίοις αἰθερίαις αἰθερίοις
Accusative αἰθερίους αἰθερίᾱς αἰθέρια
Vocative αἰθέριοι αἰθέριαι αἰθέρια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective αἰθέριος αἰθερίου αἰθεριότερος αἰθεριοτέρου αἰθεριότατος αἰθεριοτάτου
Adverb αἰθερίως αἰθεριότερον αἰθεριότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἄγε δὴ φύσιν ἄνδρεσ ἀμαυρόβιοι, φύλλων γενεᾷ προσόμοιοι, ὀλιγοδρανέεσ, πλάσματα πηλοῦ, σκιοειδέα φῦλ’ ἀμενηνά, ἀπτῆνεσ ἐφημέριοι ταλαοὶ βροτοὶ ἀνέρεσ εἰκελόνειροι, προσέχετε τὸν νοῦν τοῖσ ἀθανάτοισ ἡμῖν τοῖσ αἰὲν ἐοῦσιν, τοῖσ αἰθερίοισ τοῖσιν ἀγήρῳσ τοῖσ ἄφθιτα μηδομένοισιν, ἵν’ ἀκούσαντεσ πάντα παρ’ ἡμῶν ὀρθῶσ περὶ τῶν μετεώρων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, parabasis1)

Synonyms

  1. of or in the upper air

Related

Similar forms

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

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