aether
See also: Aether and æther
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈiː.θə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈiː.θɚ/
Noun
aether (countable and uncountable, plural aethers)
- Alternative spelling of ether
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:aether.
Anagrams
- Heater, eather, hearte, heater, hereat, reheat
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air; ether”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈae̯.tʰeːr/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ter/, [ˈɛː.ter]
Noun
aethēr m (genitive aetheris); third declension
- the upper, pure, bright air; ether; the heavens
- the air or sky; light of day
- the upper world, the earth (as opposed to the lower world)
- the brightness or ethereal matter surrounding a deity
Declension
Note that, in Late Latin, the plural is sometimes written as aethera.
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ēr).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aethēr | aetherēs |
| Genitive | aetheris | aetherum |
| Dative | aetherī | aetheribus |
| Accusative | aethera aetherem | aetherēs |
| Ablative | aethere | aetheribus |
| Vocative | aethēr | aetherēs |
Related terms
- aetherius
- aethra
Descendants
- English: ether
- French: éther
- German: Äther
- Italian: etere
- Portuguese: éter
References
- aether in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aether in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aether in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- aether in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray