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the ruler of the winds.
the eponymous founder of the nation.
Historical Examples

“Remember Neptune and Aeolus,” I suggested, and he lapsed into consideration of the point.
When the World Shook H. Rider Haggard

A pox on that wind-broker Aeolus, with his fluster-blusters.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. Francois Rabelais

The bugle-call of old Aeolus again sounded, and the three friends rose and proceeded towards the house.
The Golden Dog William Kirby

Aeolus was the god of the Winds, which he kept fastened up in a bag.
La Lgende des Sicles Victor Hugo

I do not allow therefore that Aeolus is wholly mythical, nor the wanderings of Odysseus generally.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) Polybius

She was daughter of Salmoneus and wife of Cretheus the son of Aeolus.
The Odyssey Homer

Straight to the island of Aeolus they were driven once more.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Josephine Preston Peabody

He then offers a prayer to Aeolus, and vows to him a sacrifice of a black ram.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 1 (of 4) Thomas Babington Macaulay

They were the Aeolus and Prudente frigates with the long-expected convoy for England.
Hurricane Hurry W.H.G. Kingston

Love is favourable to me, and ’tis for his sake that Aeolus has placed Zephyr under my command.
Psyche Molire

noun (Greek myth)
the god of the winds
the founding king of the Aeolians in Thessaly

see Aeolian.
language
A concurrent language with atomic transactions.
[“Rationale for the Design of Aeolus”, C. Wilkes et al, Proc IEEE 1986 Intl Conf Comp Lang, IEEE 1986, pp.107-122].
(1995-03-27)