Aeolian
1Origin of Aeolian
1Other definitions for Aeolian (2 of 2)
or E·o·li·an
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.: Compare Achaean (def. 5), Dorian1 (def. 2), Ionian (def. 3).
Origin of Aeolian
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How to use Aeolian in a sentence
Reach the Aeolians by ferry from Naples, or Milazzo on Sicily.
It’s a Big, Big World: Sights That Make You Feel Small | Lonely Planet | December 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn that case we should have to suppose that heroic poetry was originally unknown to the Aeolians, whether in Asia or Thessaly.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro ChadwickSome attribute the doubling of the consonant to the Dorians, some to the Aeolians.
Essays and Miscellanies | PlutarchThey stand between the Ionian epos and the lyric poetry of the Aeolians and Dorians.
By degrees the Aeolians became in a great measure blended and intermingled with the Dorians.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Ionians, Aeolians, Dorians, in turn contributed their share.
British Dictionary definitions for aeolian (1 of 2)
/ (iːˈəʊlɪən) /
of or relating to the wind; produced or carried by the wind
Origin of aeolian
1British Dictionary definitions for Aeolian (2 of 2)
Eolian
/ (iːˈəʊlɪən) /
a member of a Hellenic people who settled in Thessaly and Boeotia and colonized Lesbos and parts of the Aegean coast of Asia Minor
of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Aeolic
of or relating to Aeolus
denoting or relating to an authentic mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from A to A: the basis of the modern minor key: See also Hypo-
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Scientific definitions for aeolian
[ ē-ō′lē-ən ]
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