ἀήσυρος
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ον, (ἄημι)
A light as air, μύρμηκες A.Pr.452; ἀ. γόνυ κάμψει Call.Fr.anon.3; γυῖα Orph.Fr.18; springing lightly, πόρτις Tryph. 360; blowing softly, Βορέας A.R.2.1101.
German (Pape)
[Seite 44] ον (ἄημι, Apoll. Lex.: ὑπ' ἀνέμου συρόμενον), lustig, leicht, schnell wie der Wind (VLL. κοῦφος, ἐλαφρός), μύρμηκες Aesch. Pr. 450; vom Winde Ap. Rh. 2, 1102.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀήσῠρος: -ον, (ἄω, ἄημι) ἐλαφρὸς ὡς ἀήρ, ὅθεν σμικρός, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 452, ἔνθα ἴδε Βλώμφ. ― ὑψηλὰ αἰρόμενος Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. 2. 1101.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
léger comme le vent ; agile, rapide.
Étymologie: ἄημι.
Spanish (DGE)
(ἀήσῠρος) -ον
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
1 ligero, ágil μύρμηκες A.Pr.452, γόνυ Call.Fr.311, γυῖα Max.424, Orph.Fr.777, πόρτις Triph.360, cf. Hsch., EM α 353.
2 que sopla suavemente del Bóreas, A.R.2.1101.
• Etimología: Deriv. de la raíz de ἄημι q.u.
Greek Monotonic
ἀήσῠρος: -ον (ἄημι), ελαφρύς σαν αέρας, μικρός, λίγος, σε Αισχύλ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀήσῠρος: (ᾰ) легкий как дуновение, воздушный (μύρμηκες Aesch.).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: prob. 'light, agile'; said of ants (A.) Cf. ἀήσυρον τὸ λέπτον, τὸ μετέωρον καὶ κοῦφον παρὰ τὸ ἀέρι σύρεσθαι ἐπὶ ὀρνέων Suda
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Connection with ἄημι is improbable. Prob. a substr. word (as often with -υρ-).
