αἰόλος — Middle Liddell

αἰόλος Deriv. uncertain. The penult. is lengthd. in the gen. Αἰόλου μεγαλήτορος, metri grat., Od. quick-moving, Il.; αἰόλαι εὐλαί wriggling worms, Il.; so of wasps and serpents, Il. changeful of hue, gleaming, glancing, of arms and armour, Il.; (but here also it may be explained moving with the body, manageable, Lat. habilis);— also, αἰόλα νύξ star-spangled night, Soph.; Aesch. calls smoke flushed by fire-light αἰόλη πυρὸς κάσις; αἰόλα σάρξ discoloured from disease, Soph. metaph., changeful, shifting, varied, κάκα Aesch.; of sounds, ἰαχή Eur. shifty, wily, slippery, ψεῦδος Pind. as prop. n., proparox. Αἴολος, ου, ὁ, lord of the winds, properly the rapid or the changeable, Od.

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quick-moving

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αἰόλος

Headword (normalized):

αἰόλος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αιολος

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IDX:

871

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n871

Key:

ai)o/los

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