aethra

See also: æðra

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air; ether”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.tʰra/, [ˈäe̯t̪ʰrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.tra/, [ˈɛːt̪rä]

Noun

aethra f (genitive aethrae); first declension

1. The upper, pure air; the bright, clear, serene sky; the air, heavens, sky.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aethra	aethrae
Genitive	aethrae	aethrārum
Dative	aethrae	aethrīs
Accusative	aethram	aethrās
Ablative	aethrā	aethrīs
Vocative	aethra	aethrae

Synonyms

• (sky): aethēr, astrum
• (upper, pure air): aethēr

Related terms

• aethēr

Descendants

• Italian: etra

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^[1]
• “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