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αἰθήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰθήρ αἰθέρος

Structure: αἰθηρ (Stem)

Etym.: ai)/qw

Sense

  1. air
  2. aether; ether
  3. theoretical medium of great elasticity and extreme thinness of consistency supposed to fill all unoccupied space and transmit light and heat
  4. The upper or purer air as opposed to aer (αέρας), the lower air; the clear sky.

Declension

Third declension

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

  • χέρασ δ’ ἐσ αἰπὺν αἰθέρα σφετέρασ ἀείρασ γέγω]νεν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 8:1)
  • βαθὺν δ’ αἰθέρα ξουθαῖσι τάμνων ὑψοῦ πτερύγεσσι ταχεί‐ αισ αἰετὸσ εὐρυάνακτοσ ἄγγελοσ Ζηνὸσ ἐρισφαράγου θαρσεῖ κρατερᾷ πίσυνοσ ἰσχύϊ, πτάσσοντι δ’ ὄρνι‐ χεσ λιγύφθογγοι φόβῳ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 2:1)
  • ὁ δὲ θυμάρμενον ἰδὼν τέρασ πέτασε χεῖρασ κλυτὰν ἐσ αἰθέρα μενεπτόλεμοσ ἡρ́ωσ, εἶρέν τε· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 4:2)
  • τοὺσ δ’ ἄμφεπε θερμὸσ ἀυτμὴ Τιτῆνασ χθονίουσ, φλὸξ δ’ αἰθέρα δῖαν ἵκανεν ἄσπετοσ, ὄσσε δ’ ἄμερδε καὶ ἰφθίμων περ ἐόντων αὐγὴ μαρμαίρουσα κεραυνοῦ τε στεροπῆσ τε. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 67:6)
  • ἐάσατ’ ἤδη γῇ καλυφθῆναι νεκρούσ, ὅθεν δ’ ἕκαστον ἐσ τὸ φῶσ ἀφίκετο, ἐνταῦθ’ ἀπελθεῖν, πνεῦμα μὲν πρὸσ αἰθέρα, τὸ σῶμα δ’ ἐσ γῆν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 4:20)

Synonyms

  1. air

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