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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air; ether”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aethra f (genitive aethrae); first declension
- The upper, pure air; the bright, clear, serene sky; the air, heavens, sky.
Declension
First-declension noun.
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References
- “aethra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aethra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aethra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aethra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “aethra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aethra”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray