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|etymtx=ἠέρος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[mist]], [[haze]], [[clouds]] (Il.), later [[air]], [[atmosphere]].<br />Other forms: The nom. <b class="b3">ἀήρ</b> through dissimilation (from there Att. gen. <b class="b3">ἀέρος</b>); later Ion. <b class="b3">ἠήρ</b>.<br />Dialectal forms: Äol. <b class="b3">αὔηρ</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">ἀβήρ</b> (= <b class="b3">αὑήρ</b>) H.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀήρ</b> is not cognate with <b class="b3">ἄημι</b>. Meillet BSL26, 7ff. assumes an original meaning [[suspension]], and derives the word from <b class="b3">ἀείρω</b> [[raise]]; objections by Frisk Eranos 32, 51ff. S. also Fraenkel Glotta 32, 23. Kiparsky Lg. 43 (1968) 619, 626 derives it from <b class="b2">*auser</b>. See <b class="b3">αὔρα</b>. | |etymtx=ἠέρος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[mist]], [[haze]], [[clouds]] (Il.), later [[air]], [[atmosphere]].<br />Other forms: The nom. <b class="b3">ἀήρ</b> through dissimilation (from there Att. gen. <b class="b3">ἀέρος</b>); later Ion. <b class="b3">ἠήρ</b>.<br />Dialectal forms: Äol. <b class="b3">αὔηρ</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">ἀβήρ</b> (= <b class="b3">αὑήρ</b>) H.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀήρ</b> is not cognate with <b class="b3">ἄημι</b>. Meillet BSL26, 7ff. assumes an original meaning [[suspension]], and derives the word from <b class="b3">ἀείρω</b> [[raise]]; objections by Frisk Eranos 32, 51ff. S. also Fraenkel Glotta 32, 23. Kiparsky Lg. 43 (1968) 619, 626 derives it from <b class="b2">*auser</b>. See <b class="b3">αὔρα</b>. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἄημι]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[lower]] air, the air that surrounds the [[earth]], opp. to [[αἰθήρ]] the [[upper]] air (v. Il. 14. 288, [[where]] a [[tall]] [[pine]] μακροτάτη [[πεφυυῖα]] δι' [[ἠέρος]] αἰθέρ' ἵκανεν); [[hence]] [[mist]], [[gloom]], περὶ δ' [[ἠέρα]] πουλὺν ἔχευεν Il.; [[ἠέρα]] μὲν σκέδασε Il.; cf. [[ἠέριος]], [[ἠεροειδής]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[generally]], air, Soph., etc.; ἀέρα δέρειν (cf. Virg. verberat auras), NTest. | |||
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