Aeolic

or E·ol·ic

[ ee-ol-ik ]

noun

1. Also . the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly.

adjective

1. Architecture. noting or pertaining to a capital used in the Greek territories of the eastern Aegean in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., having two volutes rising from a shaft in opposite directions, and often having below them two convex rings of leaf ornament in the form of water-lily buds.
2. Aeolian ²( def ).

Aeolic

/ iːˈɒlɪk; iːˈəʊlɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Aeolians or their dialect

noun

1. one of four chief dialects of Ancient Greek, spoken chiefly in Thessaly, Boeotia, and Aeolis

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aeolic¹

First recorded in 1730–40; from Latin Aeolicus, from Greek Aiolikós, equivalent to Aioleús (plural Aioleîs ) + -ikos adjective, noun suffix; -ic

Example Sentences

It is to be remembered that as a patronymic Τελαμώνιος is an Aeolic formation.

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We may assume then that they were not transmitted in written Aeolic.

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And what need is there for supposing that an Aeolic poem must contain any Aeolic characters at all?

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In the Iliad, as we have it, only a small proportion of the characters at most can be regarded as Aeolic.

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The other Aeolic and Ionic leaders are distinctly less prominent.

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