ἀδῆ

Apparently synonymous with Ancient Greek οὐρανός (ouranós), according to Hesychius. Cognate to Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”).

ἀδῆ (adê)

1. (hapax legomenon) sky, heaven

• Only attested as a hapax in Hesychius:
  • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον Α:

    ἀδῆ· οὐρανός. Μακεδόνες

    adê; ouranós. Makedónes

    adê: the sky, according to the Macedonians

• Hesychius' Lexicon: α
• “ἀδῆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀδῆ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀδῆ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011