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Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by:
Sir Henry Stuart Jones; with the assistance of: Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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αἰθήρ, έρος, in Hom. always ἡ; in Hes. and Att. Prose always ὁ; ~~~~~~~~~ in Lyr. and Trag. mostly ὁ, as always in A., but ἡ Pi.O.1.6, ~~~~~~~~~ B.8.35, S.OT867, and freq. in E.: (αἴθω):—in Hom.,
A. ether, the heaven (wrongly distinguished by Aristarch. from ἀήρ ~~~ (q.v.) as upper from lower air); “δι᾽ ἠέρος αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανεν” Il.14. ~~~ 288; [“Ζεὺς] αἰθέρι ναίων” 2.412, Hes.Op.18; of the sky, both ~~~ cloudless, “νήνεμος αἰ.” Il.8.556, and clouded, “ἐν αἰθέρι καὶ ~~~ ~~~ νεφέλῃσι” 15.192, 16.365; freq. in Trag., etc., A.Pr.1044, 1088,
~~~ Pers.365, E. Ba.150; αἰ. ζοφερός, ἀχλυόεις, A.R.3.1265,
~~~ 4.927; of the fumes of the Cyclops' mouth, E.Cyc.410.
2. air, Emp.100.5. ~ [ 'ai-r' ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ || ~ To an IE. evaluation of: *ai- =>
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3. fifth element, Pl.Epin.981c, 984b, Arist.Cael.270b22; but equival- ~~ ent to πῦρ, Anaxag.1,15. .[πῦρ = 'pyr' => 'fire'] | <= To Socretes |
~~~b. = πῦρ τεχνικόν, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.168, cf. Arist.Mu.392a5.
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4. the divine element in the human soul, Philostr.VA3.34, cf. 42.
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II. clime, region, E.Alc.594 (lyr.).




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