AEOLIAN

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aeolian mean? 

• AEOLIAN (noun)
  The noun AEOLIAN has 1 sense:

1. a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

  Familiarity information: AEOLIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• AEOLIAN (adjective)
  The adjective AEOLIAN has 2 senses:

1. relating to or caused by wind
2. of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds

  Familiarity information: AEOLIAN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEOLIAN (noun)

Meaning:

A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Aeolian; Eolian

Hypernyms ("Aeolian" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)

• AEOLIAN (adjective)

Meaning:

Relating to or caused by wind

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Aeolus (god of the winds in ancient mythology)