aerius

Latin

Alternative forms

• āereus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios, “high in the air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːˈe.ri.us/, [äːˈɛriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈe.ri.us/, [äˈɛːrius]

Adjective

āerius (feminine āeria, neuter āerium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the air, aerial.
2. Rising aloft, high, airy.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āerius	āeria	āerium		āeriī	āeriae	āeria
Genitive	āeriī	āeriae	āeriī		āeriōrum	āeriārum	āeriōrum
Dative	āeriō		āeriō		āeriīs
Accusative	āerium	āeriam	āerium		āeriōs	āeriās	āeria
Ablative	āeriō	āeriā	āeriō		āeriīs
Vocative	āerie	āeria	āerium		āeriī	āeriae	āeria

Derived terms

• follis āerius (New Latin)

Related terms

• āēr

Descendants

• Catalan: aeri
• English: aerial, aerian
• Galician: aéreo
• Italian: aereo
• Old French: aerïen
• Portuguese: aéreo
• Spanish: aéreo

References

• “aerius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aerius 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)
• aerius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aerius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray