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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

Examples

  • ἥκιστ’ ἀλλ’ αἰθέριοσ Δῖνοσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, anapests26)
  • ἀλλὰ πολυκμήτοιο λαχὼν πρεσβήϊα τέχνησ αἰθέριοσ πολύϊδρισ ἐμὴν τεχνήσατο μορφήν, ἀχράντῳ βασιλῆι φέρων πρωτάγρια μόχθων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 656 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or in the upper 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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