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Aeŏlĭa , ae, f., = Αἰολία.
I. A group of islands near Sicily, so called after Æolus, who is said to have once reigned there, now the Lipari Islands, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92 sq.—
II. In mythol., the abode of Æolus, the god of the winds. Verg. A. 1, 52.—
III. A country of Asia Minor, Nep. Con. 5.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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