in the aeolic dialect
1Aeolic 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.… …
2Aeolic dialect — noun the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis • Syn: ↑Aeolic, ↑Eolic • Hypernyms: ↑Ancient Greek …
3Aeolic Greek — For the architectural style, see Aeolic order. Distribution of Greek dialects in the classical period.[1] Western group …
4Aeolic 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… …
5Aeolic — 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 …
6Aeolic — /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 …
7aeolic — 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 …
8Aeolic — n. 1. 1 the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis. Syn: Eolic [WordNet 1.5] …
9Ionic dialect — ▪ dialect any of several Ancient Greek dialects spoken in Euboea, in the Northern Cyclades, and from approximately 1000 BC in Asiatic Ionia, where Ionian colonists from Athens founded their cities. Attic (Attic dialect) and Ionic dialects… …
10Aeolic — /iˈɒlɪk/ (say ee olik) noun 1. the dialect of Greek spoken by the Aeolians. –adjective 2. → Aeolian (def. 1). Also, Eolic …