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Aeŏlĭa, ae, f., = Αἰολία.

  1. I. A group of islands near Sicily, so called after Æolus, who is said to have once reigned there, now the Lipari Islands, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92 sq.
  2. II. In mythol., the abode of Æolus, the god of the winds. Verg. A. 1, 52.
  3. III. A country of Asia Minor, Nep. Con. 5.

Aeŏlĭus, a, um, adj., = Αἰόλιος, pertaining to Æolus, Æolia, or Æolis, Æolian.

  1. 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.
  2. 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,
  3. 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.