adjective
Aeŏlĭus
Meaning
- pertaining to Æolus
Aeŏlĭus, a, um, adj., = Αἰόλιος,
I. pertaining to Æolus, Æolia, or Æolis, Æolian.
I. Pertaining to Æolus, the god of the winds, or to his posterity; Euri, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 29:
venti, Tib. 4, 1, 58: aurum, the golden fleece (of the ram) on which Phrixus and Helle, the grandchildren of Æolus, fled, Vai. Fl. 8, 79: virgo, i. e. Arne or Canace, Ov. M. 6, 116: postes, i. e. fores domūs Athamantis Aeoli filii, id. ib. 4, 486. —II. Pertaining to Æolia or Æolis:
insulae, Plin. 36, 21, 42, § 154: pontus, Sil. 14, 233.—Aeŏlii, ōrum, m., = Aeoles, the Æolians, the inhabitants of Æolia, in Asia Minor, Vell. 1, 4; Mela, 1, 18, 1.—Hence, III. Pertaining to the Æolians: puella, i. e. Sappho, as a Lesbian woman, Hor. C. 4, 9, 12: carmen, a Sapphic or Alcaic ode, id. ib. 4, 3, 12; cf.:
Aeoliis fidibus querentem Sappho, id. ib. 2, 13, 24; lyra, Ov. H. 15, 200: plectrum, Prop. 2, 3, 19.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Aeolius adj.
1. 1. Of Aeolus, the god of the winds: venti, Tb.: virgo, i. e. Arne or Canace.—
2. 2. Of the Aeolians: puella, i. e. Sappho, H.: lyra, O.: plectrum, Pr.