aethras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aethra, aethrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
brightness, splendor (of heavenly bodies); clear/bright sky; heavens; pure air;
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...clementi turbine gentes erigitur paulum levi raptatus in aethra iam tandem extremas pugnae defertur in oras, forte..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...matribus undas.' Talia conanti laevum Iovis armiger aethra advenit et validis fixam gerit unguibus agnam. at procul..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Fauni. ipse etiam e summa iam tela poposcerat aethra Iuppiter, et dudum nimbique hiemesque coibant, ni minor..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Iuno querelis, falsus huic pennas et cornua sumeret aethrae rector, in hanc vero cecidisset Iuppiter auro. sed dabitur..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fefellit. namque volans rubra fulvus Iovis ales in aethra litoreas agitabat avis turbamque sonantem agminis aligeri, subito..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...videmus. nam neque erant astrorum ignes nec lucidus aethra siderea polus, obscuro sed nubila caelo, et lunam..."