αἰόλος
See also: Αἴολος and Αίολος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. The word has been connected with αἰών (aiṓn, “lifetime”) and Sanskrit आयु (āyu, “life, vital force”) (< *h₂óyu), but this is formally improbable. Alternatively may be from Proto-Hellenic *walwólos, from Proto-Indo-European *welwel-, from the root *wel- (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ó.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈo.los/
Adjective
αἰόλος • (aiólos) m (feminine αἰόλη, neuter αἰόλον); first/second declension
- quick, nimble, swift
- wriggling (of worms)
- glittering, sheeny (of armours)
- chequered, changeful
- shifty, slippery
Inflection
First and second declension of αἰόλος; αἰόλη; αἰόλον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | αἰόλος aiólos | αἰόλη aiólē | αἰόλον aiólon | αἰόλω aiólō | αἰόλᾱ aiólā | αἰόλω aiólō | αἰόλοι aióloi | αἰόλαι aiólai | αἰόλᾰ aióla | |||||
Genitive | αἰόλου aiólou | αἰόλης aiólēs | αἰόλου aiólou | αἰόλοιν aióloin | αἰόλαιν aiólain | αἰόλοιν aióloin | αἰόλων aiólōn | αἰόλων aiólōn | αἰόλων aiólōn | |||||
Dative | αἰόλῳ aiólōi | αἰόλῃ aiólēi | αἰόλῳ aiólōi | αἰόλοιν aióloin | αἰόλαιν aiólain | αἰόλοιν aióloin | αἰόλοις aiólois | αἰόλαις aiólais | αἰόλοις aiólois | |||||
Accusative | αἰόλον aiólon | αἰόλην aiólēn | αἰόλον aiólon | αἰόλω aiólō | αἰόλᾱ aiólā | αἰόλω aiólō | αἰόλους aiólous | αἰόλᾱς aiólās | αἰόλᾰ aióla | |||||
Vocative | αἰόλε aióle | αἰόλη aiólē | αἰόλον aiólon | αἰόλω aiólō | αἰόλᾱ aiólā | αἰόλω aiólō | αἰόλοι aióloi | αἰόλαι aiólai | αἰόλᾰ aióla | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
αἰόλως aiólōs | αἰολώτερος aiolṓteros | αἰολώτᾰτος aiolṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- αἰολάομαι (aioláomai)
- αἰόλειος (aióleios)
- αἰολέω (aioléō)
- αἰόλησις (aiólēsis)
- αἰολίας (aiolías)
- αἰολίδας (aiolídas)
- αἰολίζω (aiolízō)
- αἰόλίσμα (aiólísma)
- αἰόλλω (aióllō)
- αἰολόβουλος (aiolóboulos)
- αἰολοβρόντης (aiolobróntēs)
- αἰολόδακρυς (aiolódakrus)
- αἰολοδείκτης (aiolodeíktēs)
- αἰολόδειρος (aiolódeiros)
- αἰολόδωρος (aiolódōros)
- αἰολοθώρηξ (aiolothṓrēx)
- αἰολόμητις (aiolómētis)
- αἰολομίτρης (aiolomítrēs)
- αἰολόμολπος (aiolómolpos)
- αἰολόμορφος (aiolómorphos)
- αἰολόνωτος (aiolónōtos)
- αἰολόπεπλος (aiolópeplos)
- αἰολόπους (aiolópous)
- αἰολόπρυμνος (aiolóprumnos)
- αἰολοπτέρυξ (aioloptérux)
- αἰολόπωλος (aiolópōlos)
- αἰολόστομος (aiolóstomos)
- αἰολόφοιτος (aiolóphoitos)
- αἰολόφυλος (aiolóphulos)
- αἰολόφωνος (aiolóphōnos)
- αἰολοχαίτης (aiolokhaítēs)
- αἰολόχρως (aiolókhrōs)
Further reading
- αἰόλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰόλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰόλος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN