Aeolic
the greek dialect of ancient aeolis and thessaly; .
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.
(def 1).
.
historical examples
it must be clearly understood that i am using the term ‘aeolic’ in the modern (linguistic) sense.
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
ibycus of rhegium (c. 540) wrote choral lyrics after stesichorus and glowing love-songs in the aeolic style.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 12, slice 5 various
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
so too the digamma is called “aeolic” by grammarians, and is found on aeolic and doric inscriptions.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 13, slice 6 various
this is the presence of an aeolic or semi-aeolic form of language in boeotia.
the heroic age h. munro chadwick
this poem, like the preceding one, is written in the aeolic dialect.
theocritus, bion and moschus theocritus
the other aeolic and ionic leaders are distinctly less prominent.
the heroic age h. munro chadwick
they are sufficiently accounted for by the fact that the poems are of aeolic origin.
the heroic age h. munro chadwick
it is to be remembered that as a patronymic τελαμώνιος is an aeolic formation.
the heroic age h. munro chadwick
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
adjective, noun
a variant spelling of aeolic
Read Also:
- Aeolipile
a round vessel caused to rotate by the force of tangentially escaping steam: an early example of jet propulsion. a device for injecting the vapors of heated alcohol into a laboratory furnace. historical examples another orifice in the aeolipile was fitted with a reed, so that the steam going through it imitated the song of […]
- Aeolis
an ancient coastal region and greek colony in nw asia minor: settled by aeolians. historical examples secondly, hesiod claims that his father—if not he himself—came from aeolis and settled in boeotia. hesiod, the homeric hymns, and homerica homer and hesiod in the coming century cyme of aeolis would give a wife to a phrygian king. […]
- Aeolotropic
not isotropic; anisotropic. adjective a less common word for anisotropic
- Aeonian
eternal; everlasting. historical examples if the days of genesis mean indefinite periods of aeonian duration, how is the seventh day of rest to be understood? creation and its records b.h. baden-powell his soul had moved amid similar evocations in some aeonian past, whence now the sand was being cleared away. four weird tales algernon blackwood […]
- Aeos
aeos advanced electro-optical system