ἀέριος

English (LSJ)

[ᾱ], α, ον, also ος, ον; Ion. ἠέριος, η, ον (q.v.): (ἀήρ):—

   A misty, σκότον E.Ph.1534.    II in the air, high in air, κρότον ποδῶν Id.Tr.546; of the air, aerial, opp. χθόνιος, Id.Fr.27; πῦρ Hp.Vict.1.10; αἰτίαι ἀ., title of work by Democr.; opp. ὑπόγειος, PMag.Lond.121.893; ἀ. φύσις Arist.Mu.392b14; ζῷα ib.398b33; γένος Pl.Epin.984e; τὰ ἀ. Luc.Prom.Es 6. Adv. -ως Iamb.Myst.1.9.    III wide as air, infinite, ἄμμου μέγεθος ἀ. D.S.1.33, cf. 5.42.    b indefinite, vain, futile, Phld.Vit.p.9J., Ir.p.79 W.; ἐπιζήτησις Id.Sign.21.