αἰθήρ

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[edit] Ancient Greek

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  • (Classical): IPA: [a͜ɪtʰɛː́r]
  • (Koine): IPA: [ɛːtʰˈeːr]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [eθˈir]

[edit] Noun

αἰθήρ (genitive αἰθέρος) m, third declension; (aithēr)

  1. air
  2. aether; ether
  3. theoretical medium of great elasticity and extreme thinness of consistency supposed to fill all unoccupied space and transmit light and heat
  4. The upper or purer air as opposed to aer (αέρας), the lower air; the clear sky; the abode of the deitys. The personification of the pure upper air in which the divinitys reside, in contrary to the 'aer', the lower air which mortals breathe. In the early Greek cosmologies, Aether is the son of Erebus and Nyx, and the brother of Hemera. He is one of the elements of the cosmos and in the Orphic hymns he is mentioned as the soul of the world from which all life emanates.


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