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Group of Greek dialects
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aeolic
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of the Anatolian region Aeolis, Aeolia. 2 (context Greek mythology English) Of Aeolus, the Ancient Greek god of the wind. 3 # Of, finding its or their origin in, or borne on winds; aerial. 4 # (context geology English) Owing its creation, formation, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
aeolic \ae*ol"ic\ ([-e]*[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [L. Aeolicus; Gr. A'ioliko`s, name of the god of the winds.] [AE]olian, 1; as, the [AE]olic dialect; the [AE]olic mode. (Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, caused by, or designating, the action of the wind in modifying ...
Usage examples of aeolic.
They all consorted together, talking various dialects of Aeolic, Ionian, Attic Greek, and so forth, which were plainly not intelligible to each other.
The main body of ancient tradition here agrees with the evidence of language: the poems are composed in the Ionic dialect, with an admixture of Aeolic forms.