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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

  • ἴσα δέ μοι καὶ ἐσ Φρίξον τὸν Ἀθάμαντοσ εἰρήσθω, τὸν δὴ κριῷ χρυσέῳ δι’ αἰθέροσ ἐλάσαι μυθέονται. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 14:1)
  • χρῆναι γάρ τὸν Ἡρακλείωσ βεβιωκότα Ἡρακλείωσ ἀποθανεῖν καὶ ἀναμιχθῆναι τῷ αἰθέρι. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 13:3)
  • χέρασ δ’ ἐσ αἰπὺν αἰθέρα σφετέρασ ἀείρασ γέγω]νεν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 8:1)
  • βαθὺσ μὲν αἰθὴρ ἀμίαντοσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 19:2)
  • 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)
  • Νυκτὸσ δ’ αὖτ’ Αἰθήρ τε καὶ Ἡμέρη ἐξεγένοντο, οὓσ τέκε κυσαμένη Ἐρέβει φιλότητι μιγεῖσα. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 13:3)
  • αἰθὴρ ἔχει νιν ἤδη, πυρὸσ τετακότασ σποδῷ· (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, strophe 24)
  • αἰθὴρ γὰρ ὅτε τὰ πρῶτα διεχωρίζετο καὶ ζᾦ’ ἐν αὑτῷ ξυνετέκνου κινούμενα, ᾧ μὲν βλέπειν χρὴ πρῶτ’ ἐμηχανήσατο ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντίμιμον ἡλίου τροχῷ, ἀκοῇ δὲ χοάνην ὦτα διετετρήνατο. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue 1:19)
  • ἐχέτω δὲ πνοὰσ νήνεμοσ αἰθήρ, κῦμα δὲ πόντου μὴ κελαδείτω γλαυκόν· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, anapests3)

Synonyms

  1. air

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