Aeolic

or E·ol·ic

[ ee-ol-ik ]

noun

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

adjective

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.
Aeolian² (def. 1).

Origin of Aeolic

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

Words Nearby Aeolic

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How to use Aeolic in a sentence

It is to be remembered that as a patronymic Τελαμώνιος is an Aeolic formation.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
We may assume then that they were not transmitted in written Aeolic.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
And what need is there for supposing that an Aeolic poem must contain any Aeolic characters at all?
The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
In the Iliad, as we have it, only a small proportion of the characters at most can be regarded as Aeolic.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
The other Aeolic and Ionic leaders are distinctly less prominent.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for Aeolic

Aeolic

Eolic

/ (iːˈɒlɪk, iːˈəʊlɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to the Aeolians or their dialect

noun

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

Compare Arcadic, Doric, Ionic
See also Attic (def. 3)

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