Αἴολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰόλος (aiólos, moving, swift), of uncertain origin: possibly from Proto-Hellenic *walwólos, from Proto-Indo-European *welwel-, reduplicative form of the root *welH- (to turn).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Αἴολος • (Aíolos) m (genitive Αἰόλου); second declension

  1. Aeolus

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Αίολος m (Aíolos)
  • Latin: Aeolus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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