adjective

Aeŏlĭus

fem. Aeŏlia · neut. Aeŏlium

pertaining to Æolus; Æolia; Æolis

pertaining to Æolus, Æolia, or Æolis, Æolian.

Pertaining to Æolus; the god of the winds; to his posterity; •

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. —

Pertaining to Æolia; Æolis; the Æolians •

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,

Pertaining to the Æolians; Sappho; a Sapphic •

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.

Perseus ID: n1262 Key: Aeolius