αἴθρη

αἴθρη, ἡ, Hom. and Ar. ll.cc.: later αἴθρα, Antiph. 52.14, etc.:—

• clear sky, ποίησον δʼ αἴθρην Il. 17.646; ἀλλὰ μάλʼ αἴθρη πέπταται ἀνέφελος Od. 6.44, cf. Ar. Av. 778 (lyr.), Lyc. 700, AP 6.179 (Arch.), etc.
• • II air, as an element, Orac.Chald. 169.

αἴθρη, ἡ, heiterer Himmel, reine Luft, derjenige Zustand der Luft, bei welchem der αἰθήρ zu sehen ist, vgl. αἰθήρ ; Hom. dreimal, Od. 6.44, 12.75, Il. 17.646 ; Rhianus las Od. 6.44 αἰθήρ, s. Scholl. Didym. u. vgl. Lehrs Aristarch. 174 ; – νήνεμος Ar. Av. 778 ; – Alex. Ath. IX.379a u. Antiphan. X.449c brauchen es für αἰθήρ. vgl. Strat. 36 (XII.194); Lyc. 700, 822.

αἴθρη

-ης, ἡ

[αἰθήρ.]

Clear sky Il. 17.646: Od. 6.44, Od. 12.75.

αἴθρη (cf. αἰθήρ): clear sky, serenity.

αἴθρη αἰθήρ

• not αἴθρα even in Attic; clear sky, fair weather, Lat. sudum, Hom.