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God of the winds
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aeolus
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aeolus \Aeolus\, AEolus \[AE]"o*lus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Gr. & Rom. Myth.) The god of the winds, in ancient mythology.
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The Aeolus was manufactured between 1914 and 1916 with a 269cc two-stroke engine . Bowns Limited, the company behind the Aeolus, built lightweight machines under their own name after 1945.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see Aeolian .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Greek god English) The name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind.
Usage examples of aeolus.
Thou Aeolus, that is so black, And out thine other trumpet take, That highte Laud, and blow it so That through the world their fame may go, Easily and not too fast, That it be knowen at the last.
Chief Kurtz ended with a sigh of relief that Aeolus might have envied.
Minyas starting thence, Minyas son of Aeolus, built long ago the city of Orchomenus that borders on the Cadmeians.
He had no servant, nor wanted one, so he brushed down Aeolus with handfuls of straw while Sharpe fetched a pail of water from the river.
McCandless, his nerves strung by the disaster he feared was imminent, galloped Aeolus a few yards westwards as if wanting to find an explanation for the two gunshots, but then he thought better of it and turned his horse back to the road.
He should sell Aeolus, repay Sharpe, take his pension, and board a ship.
This Aeolus anon upstart, And with his blacke clarioun He gan to blazen out a soun' As loud as bellows wind in hell.
Another tradition, which has its source in the Odyssey, places the abode of the winds in the Aeolian Islands, where they were kept under the guardianship of Aeolus.