αἰόλος

αἰόλος, η, ον, (ος, ον Arist. Pr., v. infr.)

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

αἰόλος, auch 2 Endgn in der einzigen pros. Stelle, Arist. Probl. 26.13 αἰόλοι ἡμέραι, veränderliche Tage ; verw. ἄημι, s. Buttmann Lexil. 2.73 ff, daher
   1) beweglich, schnell, οἶστρος Od. 22.300 ; πόδας, schnellfüßig, Il. 19.404 ; εὐλαί, die wimmelnden Maden, 22.509 ; ὄφις, schnell sich schlängelnd, 12.208 ; σφῆκες μέσον αἰόλοι 12.167, mit beweglichem Hinterleibe. Auch von Waffen, τεύχεα 5.295, σάκος 7.222, 16.107, leicht beweglich. – Vom Rauche Aesch. Spt. 476, δράκων Soph. Tr. 11, 831, κνώδων Aj. 1004.
   2) bunt, schillernd, ὄστρακον H.h. Merc. 33 ; νύξ, sternhelle Nacht, Soph. Tr. 94, 132 ; σάρξ Phil. 1142, bunt von Geschwüren ; übh. mannigfach, κακά Aesch. Suppl. 323 ; ἰαχαὶ συρίγγων Eur. Ion 499 ; vgl. αἰόλαν χορείαν φθέγξασθαι Ar. Ran. 248, wo es auch schnell sein kann, wie πορεία Thesm. 1054 ; vgl. Theocr. 16.44 ἀοιδὸς αἰόλα φωνέων ; – listig, ψεῦδος Pind. N. 8.25, μηχάνημα Σφιγγὸς αἰολώτερον frg. bei Plut. d. aud. 2.

αἰόλος

-η, -ον.

• • 1

    Glancing, gleaming, flashing Il. 5.295, Il. 7.222, Il. 16.107.

  • 2

    The notion of glancing light passing into that of rapid movement. (Cf. ἀργός 2.) Of wasps: σφῆκες μέσον αἰόλοι (flexible about the middle) Il. 12.167.

    Of a serpent and worms, wriggling Il. 12.208 (or this might come under (1), glistening), Il. 22.509.

    Of the gadfly, darting Od. 22.300.

    Of the rapid motion of a horse’s feet: πόδας αἰόλος ἵππος Il. 19.404.

αἰόλος

• 1changeful, fickle μέγιστον δʼ αἰόλῳ ψεύδει γέρας ἀντέταται N. 8.25

αἰόλος : quick - moving, lively; of wasps (μέσον, ‘at the waist’), gad - fly (‘darting’), serpent (‘squirming’), worms (‘wriggling’); then glancing, shimmering, of lively (changeable) colors, esp. metallic, Il. 5.295, Il. 7.222.

αἰόλος Deriv. uncertain. The penult. is lengthd. in the gen. Αἰόλου μεγαλήτορος, metri grat., Od.

• • Iquick-moving, Il.; αἰόλαι εὐλαί wriggling worms, Il.; so of wasps and serpents, Il.
  • IIchangeful of hue, gleaming, glancing, of arms and armour, Il.; (but here also it may be explained moving with the body, manageable, Lat. habilis);— also, αἰόλα νύξ star-spangled night, Soph.; Aesch. calls smoke flushed by fire-light αἰόλη πυρὸς κάσις; αἰόλα σάρξ discoloured from disease, Soph.
  • IIImetaph.,
  • • 1changeful, shifting, varied, κάκα Aesch.; of sounds, ἰαχή Eur.
    • 2shifty, wily, slippery, ψεῦδος Pind.
• Bas prop. n., proparox. Αἴολος, ου, ὁ, lord of the winds, properly the rapid or the changeable, Od.