aetherius
Latin
Alternative forms
- aethereus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air; ethereal, heavenly”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈtʰe.ri.us/, [äe̯ˈt̪ʰɛriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈte.ri.us/, [eˈt̪ɛːrius]
Adjective
aetherius (feminine aetheria, neuter aetherium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, or the air or upper air; ethereal; aloft.
- Of or pertaining to heaven; celestial, heavenly; sent by heaven; divine.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.682:
- Cum latet, aetheriā spargite sēmen aqua.
- When it lies hidden [in the ground], sprinkle the seed with heavenly water.
(The imperative plural spargite here is invoking the goddesses Terra and Ceres.)
- When it lies hidden [in the ground], sprinkle the seed with heavenly water.
- Cum latet, aetheriā spargite sēmen aqua.
- Of or pertaining to the upper world or of the world of the living.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aetherius | aetheria | aetherium | aetheriī | aetheriae | aetheria | |
| Genitive | aetheriī | aetheriae | aetheriī | aetheriōrum | aetheriārum | aetheriōrum | |
| Dative | aetheriō | aetheriō | aetheriīs | ||||
| Accusative | aetherium | aetheriam | aetherium | aetheriōs | aetheriās | aetheria | |
| Ablative | aetheriō | aetheriā | aetheriō | aetheriīs | |||
| Vocative | aetherie | aetheria | aetherium | aetheriī | aetheriae | aetheria | |
Synonyms
- (divine): dīvīnus
- (heavenly, celestial): caeles, caelestīnus, caelestis, caelicus, supernus
Related terms
- aethēr
- aethra
Descendants
- English: ethereal
- French: éthéré
- Italian: etereo
- Portuguese: etéreo
- Spanish: etéreo
References
- “aetherius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aetherius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aetherius 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)
- aetherius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette