- Aeolic dialect
- nounthe dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis• Hypernyms: ↑Ancient Greek
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Aeolic dialect
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Aeolic dialect — ▪ dialect any of several dialects of Ancient Greek that were spoken in Thessaly, Boeotia, and, after approximately 1000 Bc in Asiatic Aeolis, including the island of Lesbos, where Aeolian colonists from the mainland founded their cities.… … Universalium
Aeolic verse — is a classification of Ancient Greek lyric poetry referring to the distinct verse forms characteristic of the two great poets of Archaic Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus, who composed in their native Aeolic dialect. These verse forms were taken up and… … Wikipedia
Aeolic Greek — For the architectural style, see Aeolic order. Distribution of Greek dialects in the classical period.[1] Western group … Wikipedia
Aeolic — noun the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis • Syn: ↑Aeolic dialect, ↑Eolic • Hypernyms: ↑Ancient Greek * * * I. ēˈälik adjective Usage: usually capitalized … Useful english dictionary
Aeolic — n. 1. 1 the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis. Syn: Eolic [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aeolic — ae*ol ic ([ e]*[o^]l [i^]k), a. [L. Aeolicus; Gr. A ioliko s, name of the god of the winds.] 1. [AE]olian, 1; as, the [AE]olic dialect; the [AE]olic mode. [1913 Webster] 2. (Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, caused by, or designating, the action of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Aeolic — [ē äl′ik] n. a dialect or group of dialects of ancient Greek spoken chiefly in Aeolis, Boeotia, and Thessaly adj. var. of AEOLIAN (adj. 1) … English World dictionary
Aeolic — /ee ol ik/, n. 1. the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian. adj. 2. Archit. noting or pertaining to a capital used in the Greek territories of the eastern Aegean in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C., having two volutes rising from a … Universalium
Aeolic — noun An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Boeotia and the island of Lesbos … Wiktionary
aeolic — n. dialect of Ancient Greek … English contemporary dictionary
