Aeolia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Aeŏlĭa, ae, f., = Αἰολία.

I A group of islands near Sicily , so called after Aeolus , who is said to have once reigned there , now the Lipari Islands , Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92 sq.—

II In mythol., the abode of Aeolus , the god of the winds. Verg. A. 1, 52.—

III A country of Asia Minor , Nep. Con. 5.