Aeolus

See also: Äolus and Æolus

English

Alternative forms

• Eolus
• Æolus (obsolete)

Etymology

From the Latin Aeolus, from the Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aíolos, “moving, swift”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /iˈoʊləs/

Proper noun

Aeolus

1. (Greek mythology) The name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind.

Translations

character in Greek mythology

• Catalan: Èol m
• Czech: Aiolos m
• Danish: Aiolos
• French: Éole (fr) m
• German: Äolus (de)
• Greek: Αίολος (el) m (Aíolos)

  Ancient: Αἴολος m (Aíolos)

• Greenlandic: Ajolosi
• Inuktitut: ᐃᐆᓗᔅ (ioolos)
• Italian: Eolo m
• Japanese: アイオロス (ja) (Aiorosu)
• Korean: 아이올루스 (Aiolluseu)
• Polish: Eol m
• Portuguese: Éolo m
• Russian: Эо́л (ru) m (Eól)
• Sicilian: Ìulu m, Èulu m
• Spanish: Eolo m
• Ukrainian: Ео́л m (Eól)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aíolos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.o.lus/, [ˈäe̯ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.o.lus/, [ˈɛːolus]

Proper noun

Aeolus m sg (genitive Aeolī); second declension

1. Aeolus, the god of the wind

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Aeolus
genitive	Aeolī
dative	Aeolō
accusative	Aeolum
ablative	Aeolō
vocative	Aeole