αἰθήρ

Ancient Greek

From αἴθω (aíthō).

αἰθήρ • (aithḗr) m (genitive αἰθέρος); third declension

heaven
aether; ether
theoretical medium of great elasticity and extreme thinness of consistency supposed to fill all unoccupied space and transmit light and heat
The upper or purer air as opposed to erebus (Ἔρεβος (Érebos)), the lower or dirtier air; the clear sky.

Third declension of ὁ αἰθήρ; τοῦ αἰθέρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἰθήρ ho aithḗr	τὼ αἰθέρε tṑ aithére	οἱ αἰθέρες hoi aithéres
Genitive	τοῦ αἰθέρος toû aithéros	τοῖν αἰθέροιν toîn aithéroin	τῶν αἰθέρων tôn aithérōn
Dative	τῷ αἰθέρῐ tôi aithéri	τοῖν αἰθέροιν toîn aithéroin	τοῖς αἰθέρσῐ / αἰθέρσῐν toîs aithérsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν αἰθέρᾰ tòn aithéra	τὼ αἰθέρε tṑ aithére	τοὺς αἰθέρᾰς toùs aithéras
Vocative	αἰθήρ aithḗr	αἰθέρε aithére	αἰθέρες aithéres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

αἰθήρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
αἰθήρ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αἰθήρ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
αἰθήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αἰθήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
αἰθήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
αἰθήρ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- air idem, page 21.
- ether idem, page 284.
- heaven idem, page 393.
- sky idem, page 781.
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 21, 284

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