The corpus record — Latin

aethra1

aethra1 · f

the upper

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Cathemerina 3 · 4.08/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Ibis 1 · 2.54/10k
Epistulae 4 · 1.56/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Punica 5 · 0.66/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. aethra — Lewis & Short

aethra, ae, f., = ai)/qra [v. aestas],

I the upper, pure air, the bright, clear, serene sky: aetheris splendor, qui sereno caelo conspicitur, Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 585 (poet.): flammea, Jul. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 228 Rib.): siderea, Verg. A. 3, 585.—

II Transf., like aether, the sky, air, heavens: surgere in aethram, Lucr. 6, 467: volans rubrā ales in aethrā, Verg. A. 12, 247; so Sil. 4, 103; Stat. S. 1, 2, 135 al. (but in Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 42, the correct read. is aethere, B. and K.).

2. Aethra — Lewis & Short

Aethra, ae, f., = *ai)/qra.

I Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, mother of Hyas (in Hyg. Fab. 192 called Pleione), Ov. F. 5, 171.—

II Daughter of Piltheus and mother of Theseus, acc. to Ov. H. 10, 131, and Hyg. Fab. 37.

In the wild

Aethra Ovid, Epistulae 17.150
aethra Vergil, Aeneid 3.585
aethra Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.156
aethra Claudian, Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1.116
aethram Claudian, de consulatu Stilichonis 2.7
aethra Prudentius, Cathemerina 12.36

6 of 31 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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