Associations to the word «Aeolic»

Wiktionary

AEOLIC, proper noun. An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Boeotia and the island of Lesbos.
AEOLIC, adjective. Of the Anatolian region Aeolis, Aeolia.
AEOLIC, adjective. (Greek mythology) Of Aeolus, the Ancient Greek god of the wind.
AEOLIC, adjective. Of, finding its or their origin in, or borne on winds; aerial.
AEOLIC, adjective. (geology) Owing its creation, formation, or deposition chiefly to the effects of air currents.

Dictionary definition

AEOLIC, noun. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.

Wise words

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