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ἀέριος

aerios

misty, in the air, high in air, of the air, aerial

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Where it lives

De Mundo 5 · 7.89/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἀέριος · aerios — LSJ

misty

misty, σκότον E. Ph. 1534.

II in the air, high in air, of the air, aerial

in the air, high in air, κρότον ποδῶν Id. Tr. 546; of the air, aerial, opp. χθόνιος, Id. Fr. 27; πῦρ Hp. Vict. 1.10; αἰτίαι ἀ., title of work by Democr.; opp. ὑπόγειος, PMag.Lond. 121.893; ἀ. φύσις Arist. Mu. 392b14; ζῷα ib. 398b33; γένος Pl. Epin. 984e; τὰ ἀ. Luc. Prom.Es 6. Adv. -ως Iamb. Myst. 1.9.

III wide as air, infinite

wide as air, infinite, ἄμμου μέγεθος ἀ. D.S. 1.33, cf. 5.42.

b indefinite, vain, futile

indefinite, vain, futile, Phld. Vit. p.9J., Ir. p.79 W.; ἐπιζήτησις Id. Sign. 21.

In the wild

ἀερίας · aerias Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 73–76
ἀερίων · aeriōn Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 119)
ἀέριον · aerion Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 145)
ἀερίου · aeriou Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 24)
ἀερίου · aeriou Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 28)
ἀέρια · aeria Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 90)

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