Aeolus

See also: Äolus and Æolus

English

Alternative forms

Eolus
Æolus (obsolete)

Etymology

From the Latin Aeolus, from the Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aíolos, “moving, swift”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /iˈoʊləs/

Proper noun

Aeolus

(Greek mythology) The name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind.

Translations

character in Greek mythology

Bulgarian: Еол m (Eol)
Catalan: Èol m
Czech: Aiolos m
Danish: Aiolos
French: Éole (fr) m
German: Äolus (de)
Greek: Αίολος (el) m (Aíolos)
Ancient: Αἴολος m (Aíolos)
Greenlandic: Ajolosi
Inuktitut: ᐃᐆᓗᔅ (ioolos)
Italian: Eolo m
Japanese: アイオロス (ja) (Aiorosu)
Korean: 아이올루스 (Aiolluseu)
Polish: Eol m
Portuguese: Éolo m
Russian: Эо́л (ru) m (Eól)
Sicilian: Ìulu m, Èulu m
Spanish: Eolo m
Ukrainian: Ео́л m (Eól)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aíolos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈae̯.ɔ.ɫʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.o.lus]

Proper noun

Aeolus m sg (genitive Aeolī); second declension

Aeolus, the god of the wind

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Aeolus
genitive	Aeolī
dative	Aeolō
accusative	Aeolum
ablative	Aeolō
vocative	Aeole