The corpus record

ἀήρ

aer

mist, haze, clouds

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

De Respiratione 32 · 52.68/10k
On the Sacred Disease 18 · 39.22/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 25 · 31.99/10k
Timaeus 73 · 30.89/10k
De Insomniis 6 · 25.15/10k
De Mundo 15 · 23.66/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 4 · 21.76/10k
De Divinatione per Somnum 2 · 16.68/10k
Birds 14 · 13.14/10k
De longitudine et brevitate vitae 2 · 11.36/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 7 · 10.14/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 79 · 7.38/10k

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ἀήρ · aēr — Beekes

mist, haze, clouds

2. ἀήρ · aēr — Chantraine

ἠέρος : f

3. ἀϑήρ · aϑēr — Frisk

Schneide, Spitze einer Waffe

4. ἀήρ · aēr — Frisk

Zur Bed

5. ἀϑήρ · aϑēr — Frisk

Neue Erklärung von lat

6. ἀήρ · aēr — LSJ

mist, haze

Attestations

ἠέρι · ēeri Iliad 3.381
ἠέρι · ēeri Iliad 5.356
ἠέρα · ēera Iliad 5.776
ἀὴρ · aēr Iliad 5.864
ἠέρα · ēera Iliad 8.50
ἠέρι · ēeri Iliad 11.752

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 74; entry #177 Review: Under source audit
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan pp. 40-41; entry #159 Review: Under source audit
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 2145; entry #6304 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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