I. ēˈōlēən, -lyən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Aeolis, Aeolia, ancient country in Asia Minor (from Latin, from Greek Aiolis ) + English -an
1. : of or relating to Aeolis or Aeolia, colonized by the Aeolians
2. : of or relating to the inhabitants of Aeolis or Aeolia
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
1. : a member of a group of Greek peoples that in early prehistoric times was settled in Thessaly and Boeotia, occupied some parts of the Peloponnesus before the Achaeans, and colonized Lesbos and the adjacent coast of Asia Minor
2. : aeolic
III. adjective
Etymology: Aeol us, god of the winds (from Latin, from Greek Aiolos ) + English -ian
1. often capitalized : of or relating to Aeolus
2. : giving forth or marked by a soughing sound or musical tone produced by or as if by the wind
trees with voices aeolian — Richard Realf
IV.
variant of eolian