ἀήρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἠέρος (Homeric)
• ἀβήρ (Doric)
• αὐήρ (Aeolic)
• ἠήρ (Ionic)

Etymology

From *ἀϝήρ, from Proto-Indo-European *awe- (“to blow”), perhaps related to ἄημι (aēmi, “I blow”) or ἀείρω (aeirō, “I lift, raise”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /a͜a.ɛ͜ɛ́r/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /aːéːr/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /aír/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /aír/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /aíɾ/

Noun

ἀήρ (genitive ἀέρος) m, third declension; (āēr)

1. mist
2. air
3. wind
4. space, volume
5. blue or grey (the colour of the sky)

Inflection

Third declension of ἀήρ, ἀέρος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀήρ	τὼ ἀέρε	οἱ ἀέρες
Genitive	τοῦ ἀέρος	τοῖν ἀέροιν	τῶν ἀέρων
Dative	τῷ ἀέρῐ	τοῖν ἀέροιν	τοῖς ἀέρσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸν ἀέρᾰ	τὼ ἀέρε	τοὺς ἀέρᾰς
Vocative	ἀήρ	ἀέρε	ἀέρες

Descendants

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܐܪ (ʾāʾar)

• Latin: aer

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G109