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Aeolius

Aeolius · adj

pertaining to Æolus

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Where it lives

de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
Carmina 3 · 2.26/10k
Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Silvae 3 · 1.2/10k
Argonautica 4 · 1.08/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
Epistulae 2 · 0.78/10k
Epigrammata 4 · 0.71/10k
Punica 5 · 0.66/10k
Metamorphoses 4 · 0.52/10k
Thebais 3 · 0.48/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Aeŏlĭus — Lewis & Short

Aeŏlĭus, a, um, adj., = *ai)o/lios,

I pertaining to Æolus, Æolia, or Æolis, Æolian.

I Pertaining to Æolus, 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 Æolus, 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. —

II Pertaining to Æolia or Æolis: insulae, Plin. 36, 21, 42, § 154: pontus, Sil. 14, 233.—Aeŏlii, ōrum, m., = Aeoles, the Æolians, the inhabitants of Æolia, in Asia Minor, Vell. 1, 4; Mela, 1, 18, 1.—Hence,

III Pertaining to the Æolians: 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.

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