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In linguistics, Aeolic Greek (/ iː ˈ ɒ l ɪ k /), also known as Aeolian (/ iː ˈ oʊ l i ə n /), Lesbian or Lesbic dialect, is the set of dialects of Ancient Greek spoken mainly in Boeotia; in Thessaly; in the Aegean island of Lesbos; and in the Greek colonies of Aeolis in Anatolia and adjoining islands.
The Aeolian Islands (/ iː ˈ oʊ l i ən / ee-OH-lee-ən; Italian: Isole Eolie [ˈiːzole eˈɔːlje]; Sicilian: Ìsuli Eoli), sometimes referred to as the Lipari Islands or Lipari group (/ ˈ l ɪ p ə r i / LIP-ə-ree, Italian:) after their largest island, are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, said to be named after Aeolus, the mythical ruler of the winds. [1]
The name Aeolian (lit. ' of the wind ') derives from the Greek name Aeolus, aiolos (αίολος) literally meaning "changeable", "quickly moving". [7] They spoke an Ancient Greek dialect that is referred to as Aeolic. [2] According to Herodotus, it was said that the Aeolians were previously called Pelasgians. [8]
An Aeolian tone is produced when air passes over an obstacle, resulting in trailing vortices with oscillatory behavior. These eddies can have strong periodic components, resulting in a steady tone. [2] This phenomenon is the main topic of aeroacoustics.
Aeolian Company (1887–1985), a maker of organs, pianos, sheet music, and phonographs; Aeolian Hall (disambiguation), any one of a number of concert halls of that name; Aeolian harp, a harp that is played by the wind; Aeolian mode, a musical mode, the natural minor key; Aeolian Quartet (1952–1981), a string quartet based in London
Aeolian harp made by Robert Bloomfield. An Aeolian harp (also wind harp) is a musical instrument that is played by the wind. Named after Aeolus, the ancient Greek god of the wind, the traditional Aeolian harp is essentially a wooden box including a sounding board, with strings stretched lengthwise across two bridges. It is often placed in a ...
The pronunciation of the vowel of the prefix di-in words such as dichotomy, digest (verb), dilate, dilemma, dilute, diluvial, dimension, direct, dissect, disyllable, divagate, diverge, diverse, divert, divest, and divulge as well as their derivational forms vary between / aɪ / and / ɪ / or / ə / in both British and American English.
The following table shows the 24 consonant phonemes found in most dialects of English, plus /x/, whose distribution is more limited. Fortis consonants are always voiceless, aspirated in syllable onset (except in clusters beginning with /s/ or /ʃ/), and sometimes also glottalized to an extent in syllable coda (most likely to occur with /t/, see T-glottalization), while lenis consonants are ...