LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

āerius

āerius (feminine āeria, neuter āerium)
Classical[aːˈɛ.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈɛː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf or pertaining to the air, aerial.
  2. adjectiveRising aloft, high, airy.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāeriusāeriaāerium
genitiveāeriīāeriaeāeriī
dativeāeriōāeriaeāeriō
accusativeāeriumāeriamāerium
ablativeāeriōāeriāāeriō
vocativeāerieāeriaāerium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāeriīāeriaeāeria
genitiveāeriōrumāeriārumāeriōrum
dativeāeriīsāeriīsāeriīs
accusativeāeriōsāeriāsāeria
ablativeāeriīsāeriīsāeriīs
vocativeāeriīāeriaeāeria

āĕrĭus (quadrisyl.), more rar. āĕrĕ-us, a, um, adj., = ἀέριος.
I. Pertaining to the air, aërial (a poet. word, which Cic. uses only in higher flights of speech): volucres, Lucr. 5, 825; Cic. Univ. 10: volatus avium atque cantus, id. Top. 20: aërias vias carpere, their way in the air, Ov. A. A. 2, 44: aërias tentăsse domos, the heavens, * Hor. C. 1, 28, 5 al.—Hence aërium mel, because the bee was believed to collect its honey from falling dew, Verg. G. 4, 1. —
II. Rising aloft, airy, high.—So esp. of mountains: Alpes, Verg. G. 3, 474; Ov. M. 2, 226: aërio vertice Taurus, Tib. 1, 7, 15 (aetherio, Müll.): cacumen, Cat. 64, 240 al. —Of trees: quercus, Verg. A. 3, 680: ulmus, id. E. 1, 59.—Of other things: arces, Verg. A. 3, 291: (capra) cornibus aëriis, Ov. F. 5, 119.—*
B. Aëria spes, airy, i. e. quickly flying away, vain, fleeting, transitory, Arn. 2, p. 86.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalanaeri
  • Englishaerial
  • Englishaerian
  • Italianaereo
  • Portugueseaéreo
  • Spanishaéreo
  • Galicianaéreo
  • Old Frenchaerïen

Quick answers

What does āerius mean in Latin?
āerius, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to the air, aerial.; Rising aloft, high, airy.”.
How do you pronounce āerius?
In classical Latin, [aːˈɛ.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈɛː.ri.us].