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αἰθήρ?

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration: aithēr

Principal Part: αἰθήρ αἰθέρος

Structure: αἰθηρ (Stem)

Etym.: αἴθω

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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