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aeolian
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "of the wind," from Latin Æolus "god of the winds," from Greek Aiolos , from aiolos "quickly moving." Æolian harp first recorded 1791. The ancient district of Aiolis in Asia Minor was said to have been named for the wind god, hence Æolian also refers ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aeolian \Aeolian\ n. 1. 1 a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. Syn: Eolian
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 of, or relating to the wind. 2 (context geology English) carried, deposited or eroded by the wind. 3 (context music English) Aeolian mode alt. 1 of, or relating to the wind. 2 (context geology English) carried, deposited or eroded by the wind. 3 (context ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Aeolian or Eolian refers to things related to Aeolus , the Greek God of wind and patriarch of the Greeks of Aeolia. Specific items include: Aeolian Islands , islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea Aeolian or Aeolic order , an early order of Classical architecture ...
Usage examples of aeolian.
They come here from Rome and the suburbs called Italy, they pinch and squeeze and extort, and then they go home again with purses bulging, indifferent to the plight of those they leave behind, the people of Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian Asia.
Mixolydian ensembles are those with two females participating, except for Aeolian Duets, where the whole ensemble is female.
Singing the Aeolian Solo, she gave birth to Valiha, of whom little has thus far been sung and who will leave the singing of her song to future generations.
The winds of change, according to superstring theory, gust through an aeolian universe.
To an Aeolian Harp The winds have grown articulate in thee, And voiced again the wail of ancient woe That smote upon the winds of long ago: The cries of Trojan women as they flee, The quivering moan of pale Andromache, Now lifted loud with pain and now brought low.
It would not be too surprising if a few features - even very large ones - were sculpted by aeolian processes into the pyramidal forms we see.
She is the perfumed breeze, that evermore Sweeps music from the Aeolian strings of life.
But low sweet music of Aeolian tone, With all the sadness melted into joy.
Ionian, Aeolian, and Dorian Greek cities and seaports of Asia Province made absolutely sure they treated this eastern potentate with all the obsequious prostrations his sort desired.
For instead of using his own men to implement it, the King had directed that each local community of Aeolian or Ionian or Dorian Greeks should do the killing.
The telegraph wires that ran along on high poles past the house of Tom Swift sung a song like that of an Aeolian harp.
Man is an instrument over which a series of external and internal impressions are driven, like the alternations of an ever-changing wind over an Aeolian lyre, which move it by their motion to ever-changing melody.
Aeolian Tranformers, Gribbleflotz Sal Vin Betula, Gribbleflotz Vin Sal Aer Fixus, Gribbleflotz Sal Aer Fixus and the Gribbleflotz Amazing Lightning Crystal.
Charis leaned against a column, gazing out across the rooftops of the city, watching the sunlight glimmer on beaten sheets of red-gold orichalcum and listening to the sighing hum of the Aeolian harp in the random fingerings of the wind.
It is one of vast compass, with aeolian attachment, and cost $11,000.