αἰθήρ
aither
ether, the heaven
Appears 30 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αἰθήρ, έρος, in always ἡ; in and Att. Prose always ὁ; in Lyr. and Trag. mostly ὁ, as always in , but ἡ O. 1.6, 8.35, OT 867, and freq. in : (αἴθω):—in , A. ether, the heaven (wrongly distinguished by from ἀήρ (q.v.) as upper from lower air); διʼ ἠέρος αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν Il. 14.288; [Ζεὺς] αἰθέρι ναίων 2.412, Op. 18; νόμοι διʼ αἰθέρα τεκνωθέντες OT 867; αἰθὴρ μὲν ψυχὰς ὑπεδέξατο σώματα δὲ χθών IG 1.442, cf. Supp. 533; of the sky, both cloudless, νήνεμος αἰ. Il. 8.556, and clouded, ἐν αἰθέρι καὶ νεφέλῃσι 15.192, cf. 16.365; freq. in Trag., etc., Pr. 1044, 1088, Pers. 365, Ba. 150; αἰ. ζοφερός, ἀχλυόεις, 3.1265, 4.927; of the fumes of the Cyclops’ mouth, Cyc. 410. 2. air, 100.5. 3. fifth element, Epin. 981c, 984b, Cael. 270b22; but equivalent to πῦρ, 1,15. b. = πῦρ τεχνικόν, 2.168, cf. Mu. 392a5. 4. the divine element in the human soul, VA 3.34, cf. 42. II. clime, region, Alc. 594 (lyr.).
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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