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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

  • χρῆναι γάρ τὸν Ἡρακλείωσ βεβιωκότα Ἡρακλείωσ ἀποθανεῖν καὶ ἀναμιχθῆναι τῷ αἰθέρι. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 13:3)
  • τὴν δ’ ἑτέρην προτέρην μὲν ἐγείνατο Νὺξ ἐρεβεννή, θῆκε δέ μιν Κρονίδησ ὑψίζυγοσ, αἰθέρι ναίων, γαίησ ἐν ῥίζῃσι, καὶ ἀνδράσι πολλὸν ἀμείνω· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 4:6)
  • τοὔνεκά μιν Κρονίδησ ὑψίζυγοσ αἰθέρι ναίων κάππιεν ἐξαπίνησ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 92:5)
  • στάσονται δ’ ἐπὶ περγάμων Τροίασ ἀμφί τε τείχη Τρῶεσ, ὅταν χάλκασπισ Ἄρησ πόντιοσ εὐπρῴροιο πλάτασ εἰρεσίᾳ πελάζῃ Σιμουντίοισ ὀχετοῖσ, τὰν τῶν ἐν αἰθέρι δισσῶν Διοσκούρων Ἑλέναν ἐκ Πριάμου κομίσαι θέλων ἐσ γᾶν Ἑλλάδα δοριπόνοισ ἀσπίσι καὶ λόγχαισ Ἀχαιῶν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • "αἰθέρι δὲ καὶ φωτὶ διὰ συγγένειαν διαλαμπούσησ τῆσ ὄψεωσ γίγνεται κρᾶσισ ἀμφοῖν ὁμοιοπαθὴσ καὶ σύμπηξισ. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 124)

Synonyms

  1. air

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