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Like that title says, are there any Ancient Greek/Greek Mythological names that mean air?
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The ancient Greek word for "air" is ἀήρ (aer) and its modern Greek equivalent is αέρας (aeras):
- ancient Greek: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%AE%CF%81#Ancient_Greek (in English)
- modern Greek: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82#Greek (in English)
Its Latin counterpart is aer. As you can see, all of these words are etymologically related to each other. Also compare the ancient Greek word αἰθήρ (aither), which is what the modern English word "ether" is derived from.
With that said, most (but not all) ancient Greek given names are compound names, which roughly means that they consist of two words (we call them "elements" here). When the Greek word for "air" is part of a name, it will be either at the beginning or at the end of a name. In other words: the name will either start with Aer- or end in -aeros, -aerion and -aeron and a few other similar ones.
I went looking for such names and was able to find the following ancient Greek names that contain the Greek word for "air":
- Aereios (Ἀηρείως)
- Aerios (Ἀερίος)
- Aerope (Ἀερόπη)
- Aeropos (Ἀέροπος - this name is usually latinized to Aeropus)
Aerope and Aeropos are both from Greek mythology. Aerope (which is Aeropi in modern Greek) is the feminine form of Aeropos, which consists of Greek ἀήρ (aer) meaning "air" combined with Greek ὄψ (ops) meaning "eye" as well as "face".
- http://web.archive.org/web/20120325073800/http://www.etymologica.com:80/page36.htm (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_language#Hesychius_Glossary (in English; scroll down to the entry for Ἀέροπες (Aeropes))
That's all, I'm afraid - I hope it has been of help to you! :)
- ancient Greek: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%AE%CF%81#Ancient_Greek (in English)
- modern Greek: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82#Greek (in English)
Its Latin counterpart is aer. As you can see, all of these words are etymologically related to each other. Also compare the ancient Greek word αἰθήρ (aither), which is what the modern English word "ether" is derived from.
With that said, most (but not all) ancient Greek given names are compound names, which roughly means that they consist of two words (we call them "elements" here). When the Greek word for "air" is part of a name, it will be either at the beginning or at the end of a name. In other words: the name will either start with Aer- or end in -aeros, -aerion and -aeron and a few other similar ones.
I went looking for such names and was able to find the following ancient Greek names that contain the Greek word for "air":
- Aereios (Ἀηρείως)
- Aerios (Ἀερίος)
- Aerope (Ἀερόπη)
- Aeropos (Ἀέροπος - this name is usually latinized to Aeropus)
Aerope and Aeropos are both from Greek mythology. Aerope (which is Aeropi in modern Greek) is the feminine form of Aeropos, which consists of Greek ἀήρ (aer) meaning "air" combined with Greek ὄψ (ops) meaning "eye" as well as "face".
- http://web.archive.org/web/20120325073800/http://www.etymologica.com:80/page36.htm (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_language#Hesychius_Glossary (in English; scroll down to the entry for Ἀέροπες (Aeropes))
That's all, I'm afraid - I hope it has been of help to you! :)
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