Aeolic

See also: aeolic and Æolic

English

Alternative forms

• Æolic
• Æolick (obsolete)
• Aiolic (for the Greek dialect)

Etymology

From Latin aeolicus, from Ancient Greek αἰολικός (aiolikós) or Αἰολικός (Aiolikós, “like the Aeolians”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /iˈɒlɪk/, /iˈəʊlɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /iˈɑːlɪk/

Proper noun

Aeolic

1. An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Boeotia, Thessalia, Asia Minor and the island of Lesbos.

Meronyms

• Boeotian

Holonyms

• Greek

Translations

Greek dialect

• German: Äolisch (de) n (broad sense)
• Portuguese: eólio

Adjective

Aeolic (not comparable)

1. Of the Anatolian region Aeolis, Aeolia.
2. (Greek mythology) Of Aeolus, the Ancient Greek god of the wind.
   1. Of, finding its or their origin in, or borne on winds; aerial.
   2. (geology) Owing its creation, formation, or deposition chiefly to the effects of air currents.

Derived terms

• Aeolic Digamma
• Aeolic mode

Translations

relating to Aeolis

• Armenian: էոլյան (hy) (ēolyan)
• Portuguese: eólio

Anagrams

• Coalie, coalie, coelia, cœlia