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LNS

Aeolius, Aeolia, Aeolium

Aeolius

Αἰόλιος

adjective (2-1-2)

pertaining to Aeolus, Aeolia
Aeolis
Aeolian
Pertaining to Aeolus, the god of the winds, to his posterity
on which Phrixus and Helle, the grandchildren of Aeolus, fled
Arne

Abbreviations

Aeolius, a, um, adj., = Αἰόλιος, pertaining to Aeolus, Aeolia, or Aeolis, Aeolian. Pertaining to Aeolus, the god of the winds, or to his posterity; Euri, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 29: venti, Tib. 4, 1, 58: aurum, the golden fleece (of the ram) on which Phrixus and Helle, the grandchildren of Aeolus, fled, Vai. Fl. 8, 79: virgo, i. e. Arne or Canace, Ov. M. 6, 116: postes, i. e. fores domūs Athamantis Aeoli filii, id. ib. 4, 486.

— Pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis: insulae, Plin. 36, 21, 42, § 154: pontus, Sil. 14, 233.

—Aeolii, ōrum, m., = Aeoles, the Aeolians, the inhabitants of Aeolia, in Asia Minor, Vell. 1, 4; Mela, 1, 18, 1.

—Hence, Pertaining to the Aeolians: puella, i. e. Sappho, as a Lesbian woman, Hor. C. 4, 9, 12: carmen, a Sapphic or Alcaic ode, id. ib. 4, 3, 12; cf.: Aeoliis fidibus querentem Sappho, id. ib. 2, 13, 24; lyra, Ov. H. 15, 200: plectrum, Prop. 2, 3, 19.