αἰόλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, (ος, ον Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>, v. infr.) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[quick-moving]], [[nimble]], πόδας αἰόλος ἵππος <span class="bibl">Il.19.404</span>; <b class="b3">αἰόλαι εὐλαί</b> [[wriggling]] worms, <span class="bibl">22.509</span>; <b class="b3">σφῆκες μέσον αἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">12.167</span>; <b class="b3">ὄφις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">208</span>; οἶστρος <span class="bibl">Od.22.300</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Achae.48</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> as epith. of armour, [[glittering]], τεύχεα <span class="bibl">Il.5.295</span>; σάκος <span class="bibl">7.222</span>, <span class="bibl">16.107</span>; κνώδων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1025</span>:—generally, [[changeful of hue]], [[sheeny]], δράκων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">αἰόλα νύξ</b> [[star-spangled]] night, ib.<span class="bibl">94</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">αἰ. πυρὸς κάσις</b> smoke [[flushed by]] fire-light, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>494</span>; <b class="b3">κύων αἰ</b>. [[speckled]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>91</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αἰόλα σάρξ</b> [[discoloured]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1157</span> (lyr.); ὀφθαλμοί Adam.1.8, cf. 11. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[chequered]], αἰόλ' ἀνθρώπων κακά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>328</span>; [[changeful]], ἰαχή <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 499</span> (lyr.); χορεία <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>248</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">νόμος</b> Tclest.<span class="bibl">2</span>; αἰόλα φωνέων <span class="bibl">Theoc.16.44</span>; <b class="b3">αἰόλοι ἡμέραι</b> [[changeable]] days, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>941b24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[shifty]], [[slippery]], ἔπος <span class="bibl">Sol.11.7</span>; ψεῦδος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 8.25</span>; κέρδεσσι <span class="bibl">B.14.57</span>; μηχάνημα λυγκὸς αἰολώτερον <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span> 349.—Chiefly poet. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> proparox. Αἴολος, ου, ὁ, the lord of the winds, properly [[the Rapid]] or [[the Changeable]], Od., etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> name of a kind of <b class="b3">σκάρος</b>, Nic. Thyat. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.320c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Pythag., = <span class="bibl">4</span>, or <b class="b3">ἐνιαυτός</b>, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>22.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[quick]], [[glittering]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[aiworo]] name of a cow.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">κορυθαίολος</b> [[with glittering helmet]] (or [[who moves his helmet]]?)<br />Derivatives: (Rare) <b class="b3">αἰόλλω</b> [[agitate quickly]]; <b class="b3">αἰολέω</b> = [[ποικίλλω]] (Pl. Kra. 409a). Name <b class="b3">Αἴολος</b>, <b class="b3">Αἰολεῖς</b>.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Etym. unknown. Fraenkel Gnomon 22, 239 thought <b class="b3">*(Ϝ)αι-Ϝόλ-ος</b> (with dissimilatory loss of <b class="b3">Ϝ-</b>) from <b class="b2">*u̯el-</b> [[turn]] in <b class="b3">εἰλέω</b> etc. - Benveniste (BSL 38, 107) connected <b class="b3">αἰών</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">áyu</b> [[vital force]] (improbable). Risch Mus. Helv. 29, 1972, 97 argues that the original meaning was a colour. On [[αἰέλουρος]] s.v. - For the type, cf. <b class="b3">αἰώρα</b>, <b class="b3">αἰονάω</b>.