Aeolic

See also: Æolic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin aeolicus, from Ancient Greek αἰολικός (aiolikós)[1] 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 and the island of Lesbos.

Translations

Adjective

Aeolic (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

  • Aeolic Digamma[1]
  • Aeolic mode[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989)

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