aetherius

Latin

From Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air; ethereal, heavenly”).

aetherius (feminine aetheria, neuter aetherium); first/second-declension adjective

Of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, or the air or upper air; ethereal; aloft.
Of or pertaining to heaven; celestial, heavenly; sent by heaven; divine.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.682:
  Cum latet, aetheriā spargite sēmen aqua.
  When it lies hidden [in the ground], sprinkle the seed with heavenly water.
  (The imperative plural spargite here is invoking the goddesses Terra and Ceres.)
Of or pertaining to the upper world or of the world of the living.

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	aetherius	aetheria	aetherium	aetheriī	aetheriae	aetheria
Genitive	aetheriī	aetheriae	aetheriī	aetheriōrum	aetheriārum	aetheriōrum
Dative	aetheriō	aetheriae	aetheriō	aetheriīs
Accusative	aetherium	aetheriam	aetherium	aetheriōs	aetheriās	aetheria
Ablative	aetheriō	aetheriā	aetheriō	aetheriīs
Vocative	aetherie	aetheria	aetherium	aetheriī	aetheriae	aetheria

“aetherius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aetherius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aetherius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
aetherius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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