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Aeolic
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aeolic Æolic
English
Alternative forms
en Aiolic uncommon
en Æolic dated
en Aeolick Æolick obsolete
Etymology
From en la aeolicus 1, from en grc Αἰολικός like the Aeolians 1. (Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989)
Pronunciation
en /iˈɒlɪk/ /iˈəʊlɪk/ UK
en /iˈɑːlɪk/ US
Proper noun
An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Boeotia, Thessalia, Asia Minor and the island of Lesbos.
Meronyms
en Boeotian
Holonyms
en Greek
Translations
Greek dialect
Catalan: ca eoli, ca eòlic
German: de Äolisch n broad sense
Portuguese: pt eólio
Spanish: es eolio, es eólico
Adjective
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Of the Anatolian region Aeolis, Aeolia.
en Greek mythology Of Aeolus, the Ancient Greek god of the wind.
Of, finding its or their origin in, or borne on winds; aerial.
en geology Owing its creation, formation, or deposition chiefly to the effects of air currents.
Derived terms
en Aeolic Digamma
en Aeolic mode
Translations
relating to Aeolis
Armenian: hy էոլյան
Portuguese: pt eólio
Derived terms
en Aeolism hyperaeolism
References
Anagrams
en aceilo Coalie coalie coelia cœlia