Lewis & Short

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āĕrĭus (quadrisyl.), more rar. āĕrĕ-us, a, um, adj., = ἀέριος.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
    1. * B. Aëria spes, airy, i. e. quickly flying away, vain, fleeting, transitory, Arn. 2, p. 86.