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αἰθήρ (aether)

Greek term · 42 occurrences · 28 works

Short definition (LSJ): air, Emp.100.5.

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42 occurrences of this form in 28 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).

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Example passages

…ληξάντων ἀνέμων νῆσον λίπον εἰρεσίῃσιν. ἔνθʼ ἔρις ἄνδρα ἕκαστον ἀριστήων ὀρόθυνεν, ὅστις ἀπολλήξειε πανύστατος. ἀμφὶ γὰρ αἰθὴρ νήνεμος ἐστόρεσεν δίνας, κατὰ δʼ εὔνασε πόντον. οἱ δὲ γαληναίῃ πίσυνοι ἐλάασκον ἐπιπρὸ…

Apollonius of Rhodes — Argonautica · Read in context

…ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΎΣ: ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαί,…

Aeschylus — Prometheus Bound · Read in context

…αἰθὴρ γὰρ ὅτε τὰ πρῶτα διεχωρίζετο…

Aristophanes — Thesmophoriazusae · Read in context

Subjects

Philosophy of nature

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