etra

From Latin aethra, from Ancient Greek αἴθρα (aíthra), akin to αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air; ether”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tra/
• Rhymes: -ɛtra
• Hyphenation: è‧tra

etra m (plural etri) (poetic)

1. air

   Synonyms: (poetic) aere, aria, (literary, poetic) aura, (poetic) etere

   • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, Alessandro Donati, “Ultimo canto di Saffo [Sappho's Last Song]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, lines 8–11, page 40:

     Noi l’insueto allor gaudio ravviva,
     quando per l’etra liquido si volve
     e per li campi trepidanti il flutto
     polveroso de’ Noti […]

     For us an unaccustomed joy revives only when the dust-filled flow of the south-wind blows through the liquid air and over the quivering fields

2. sky

   Synonyms: cielo, (literary) empireo, (poetic) etere, firmamento

   • 1813, Ugo Foscolo, “Pallade [Pallas]”, in Inno alle grazie‎, Florence, published 1848, page 68:

     Non men dell’altre gareggiante, all’etra
     Flora vola, e d’olezzi Iride allegra
     Passando, e toglie, a varïar quel peplo,
     I color rugiadosi. […]

     Competing no less than the others, Flora flies to the sky, and Iris, joyful in scents, passes by and takes out, to make that peplos varied, the dewy colors.

• etere

• etra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• arte, atre, erta, rate, retà, tare, trae