αἰθέριος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>839.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>392a31</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">of</b> <b class="b3">αἰθήρ</b> or <b class="b2">the upper air</b>, hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">high in air, on high</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>158</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>81</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1082</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αἰθερία ἀνέπτα</b> flew up <b class="b2">into the air</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 440</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span> 830</span>; <b class="b3">αἰ. γῆ</b>, of the moon, Pythag. ap. <span class="bibl">Simp.<span class="title">in Cael.</span>511.26</span>: epith. of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>401a17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">ethereal, heavenly</b>, φύσις <span class="bibl">Parm.10.1</span>; οἱ αἰ. <span class="bibl">Hierocl.<span class="title">in CA</span> 27</span> P.<span class="bibl">484M.</span>; γονή E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>l.c. Adv. -ίως <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Myst.</span>1.9</span>.—Trag. only in lyr.</span>