aerius
Latin
Alternative forms
- āereus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios, “high in the air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aːˈe.ri.us/, [äːˈɛriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈe.ri.us/, [äˈɛːrius]
Adjective
āerius (feminine āeria, neuter āerium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to the air, aerial.
- Rising aloft, high, airy.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | āerius | āeria | āerium | āeriī | āeriae | āeria | |
| Genitive | āeriī | āeriae | āeriī | āeriōrum | āeriārum | āeriōrum | |
| Dative | āeriō | āeriō | āeriīs | ||||
| Accusative | āerium | āeriam | āerium | āeriōs | āeriās | āeria | |
| Ablative | āeriō | āeriā | āeriō | āeriīs | |||
| Vocative | āerie | āeria | āerium | āeriī | āeriae | āeria | |
Derived terms
- follis āerius (New Latin)
Related terms
- āēr
Descendants
- Catalan: aeri
- English: aerial, aerian
- Galician: aéreo
- Italian: aereo
- Old French: aerïen
- Portuguese: aéreo
- Spanish: aéreo
References
- “aerius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aerius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aerius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “aerius”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray