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aetherius

aetherius · adj

pertaining to the ether

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Where it lives

Fescinnina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 18.25/10k
Dirae, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 15.41/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 7.65/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 6 · 5.33/10k
Thyestes 3 · 4.76/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Octavia 2 · 3.82/10k
Medea 2 · 3.53/10k
Aeneid 19 · 3/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
De Rerum Natura 14 · 2.87/10k

Densest 12 of 51 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

aethĕrĭus — Lewis & Short

aethĕrĭus (not aethĕrĕus), a, um, adj., = aiqe/rios [aether],

I pertaining to the ether, ethereal.

I Lit.: sidera aetheriis affixa cavernis, Lucr. 4, 391: (truncus) vivit et aetherias vitalīs suscipit auras, id. 3, 405: altissima aetheriaque natura, Cic. N. D. 2, 24 fin.: post ignem aetheriā domo Subductum, * Hor. C. 1, 3, 29.—

II Transf.

A Pertaining to heaven, heavenly, celestial: arces, Ov. M. 15, 858: umbrae, the shade spread through the heavens, Cat. 66, 55: pater, Mart. 9, 36: Olympus, id. 9, 4: Taurus mons aetherio vertice, i. e. which touches heaven, Tib. 1, 8, 15: aetherios animo conceperat ignes, i. e. heavenly inspiration (Gr. e)nqousiasmo/s), Ov. F. 1, 473.—

B Pertaining to the air in gen.: nubes, Lucr. 4, 182: aurae, id. 3, 406: aqua, i. e. rain, Ov. F. 1, 682.—

C Pertaining to the upper world: vesci aurā Aetheriā, Verg. A. 1, 546.—Comp.: aetherior, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 3, 68 Mai.

In the wild

aetherias Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 3.405
aetheriis Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 6.65
aetheria Vergil, Aeneid 1.394
aetheriis Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.550
aetherii Vergil, Aeneid 8.68
aetheriae Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 4.67

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