1. αἰθήρ · aithēr — Beekes
clear sky, heaven
The corpus record
αἰθήρ
aither
clear sky, heaven
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Bacchae 10 · 13.3/10k
- Prometheus Bound 7 · 11.9/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 7 · 9.95/10k
- Helen 9 · 9.2/10k
- De Mundo 5 · 7.89/10k
- De Respiratione 4 · 6.59/10k
- Ion 6 · 6.56/10k
- Epinomis 4 · 6.34/10k
- Orestes 6 · 6.12/10k
- Trojan Women 4 · 5.65/10k
- Phoenissae 5 · 5.18/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 4 · 4.82/10k
Densest 12 of 45 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. αἰθήρ · aithēr — LSJ
ether, the heaven
Attestations
- αἰθέρι · aitheri Iliad 2.412
- αἰθέρος · aitheros Iliad 2.458
- αἰθέρι · aitheri Iliad 4.166
- αἰθήρ · aithēr Iliad 8.556
- αἰθήρ · aithēr Iliad 8.558
- αἰθέρος · aitheros Iliad 11.54
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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.
- scan p. 83; entry #214 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 46; entry #208 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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