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Definition of Eolic
1. Noun. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
Definition of Eolic
1. a. & n. See Æolic.
Definition of Eolic
1. Adjective. "Of the wind"; referring to the action or the power of wind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eolic
Literary usage of Eolic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies and Conquests, from the Earliest by John Gillies (1831)
"... their conquests in that Peninsula—The Eolic, Ionic, and Doric Migrations—Establishment
of ... Eolic ..."
2. The Story of Greece by James Albert Harrison (1885)
"The Achaians who retired settled in the island of Lesbos, and founded colonies
which were called not Achaian but ^Eolic colonies. Lesbos lay off the western ..."
3. A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect by David Binning Monro (1891)
"Eolic features—the double p, the smooth breathing, the barytone accent—for several
generations, because the Ionic r¡fuv is metrically different ( instead of ..."
4. A History of Ancient Greek Literature by Gilbert Murray (1897)
"It survived, however, in Doric inscriptions, and in such of the ^Eolic as ...
It is called in antiquity the '^Eolic letter.' Now there are 3354 places in ..."
5. A Smaller History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest by William Smith (1881)
"The ^Eolic cities covered the northern part of tne coast, together with the
islands of Lesbos and Tenedos; ..."
6. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies, and Conquests by John Gillies (1820)
"The Eolic, Ionic, and Doric Migrations. — Establishment of Colonies in Thrace,
Macedon, Africa, and Magna Gratia.— Influence of the Ionic Colonies in ..."
7. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies and Conquests, from the Earliest by John Gillies (1831)
"... their conquests in that Peninsula—The Eolic, Ionic, and Doric Migrations—Establishment
of ... Eolic ..."
8. The Story of Greece by James Albert Harrison (1885)
"The Achaians who retired settled in the island of Lesbos, and founded colonies
which were called not Achaian but ^Eolic colonies. Lesbos lay off the western ..."
9. A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect by David Binning Monro (1891)
"Eolic features—the double p, the smooth breathing, the barytone accent—for several
generations, because the Ionic r¡fuv is metrically different ( instead of ..."
10. A History of Ancient Greek Literature by Gilbert Murray (1897)
"It survived, however, in Doric inscriptions, and in such of the ^Eolic as ...
It is called in antiquity the '^Eolic letter.' Now there are 3354 places in ..."
11. A Smaller History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest by William Smith (1881)
"The ^Eolic cities covered the northern part of tne coast, together with the
islands of Lesbos and Tenedos; ..."
12. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies, and Conquests by John Gillies (1820)
"The Eolic, Ionic, and Doric Migrations. — Establishment of Colonies in Thrace,
Macedon, Africa, and Magna Gratia.— Influence of the Ionic Colonies in ..."
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