Word: 'aether' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'aether' • Extended Annotations
Ancient Greek αἰθήρ aithḗr "(poetic and literary) the sky and heavens; the sky or heavens; the fifth classic physical element; firmament"
Latin aether "the pure air; space surrounding a deity; ether; heaven, sky"
A pure, unadulterated word
“There is in certain ancient things a trace
Of some dim essence --
More than form or weight;
A tenuous aether, indeterminate,
Yet linked with all the laws of time and space.
A faint, veiled sign of continuities
That outward eyes can never quite descry;
Of locked dimensions harboring years gone by,
And out of reach except for hidden keys.”
excerpt from "XXXVI. Continuity"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
