Aetoliann.adj.

Brit.

/iːˈtəʊlɪən/,

/ʌɪˈtəʊlɪən/, U.S.

/iˈtoʊljən/,

/aɪˈtoʊljən/,

/iˈtoʊliən/,

/aɪˈtoʊliən/

Forms: 1500s– Aetolian, 1500s Etholian, 1600s– Etolian, 1800s– Aitolian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aetōlius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Aetōlius of Aetolia, Aetolian ( < ancient Greek Αἰτώλιος < Αἰτωλία (classical Latin Aetōlia), the name of a region in ancient Greece) + -an suffix. Compare classical Latin Aetōlus, adjective and noun, ancient Greek Αἰτωλός, adjective and noun, also classical Latin Aetōlicus, ancient Greek Αἰτωλικός, adjectives.In form Etholian after Middle French Etholien (1451; 1530 in the passage translated in quot. 1569 at sense A.; French étolien).

Ancient Greek History.

A. n.

A native or inhabitant of ancient Aetolia, a region of west-central Greece north of the Gulf of Corinth.

ΚΠ

1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre i. iv. sig. Aviii Nicostratus, capitayne of the Aetolians [L. dux Aetolorum] ayenst the Epirotes.

1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander iv. f. 6^v But the Etholians [Fr. Etholiens] and Athenians were therwith euill apayd, & greatly displeased, bycause y^e Etholians feared to be plagued for the oultrage they had committed against Eniade.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xxiv. 602 They should put in a caveat, that he might have no libertie to warre upon the Ætolians.

1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 74 The Grecians..were forced to League themselves (yet in several Confederacies, as that of the Etolians, that of the Achaians, etc.) for their mutual defence.

1754 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. IV. x. 203 All the Ætolians able to bear arms in Antipater's time..were but ten thousand men.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 243 The Ætolians were stiled umbilical; and looked upon themselves as the central people in Greece.

1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. I. xvii. 412 The Etolians probably spoke still worse, their ferocity besides is well known.

1898 North Western Monthly Jan. 362/1 The Aetolians, in defiance of treaty, had twice entered Achaia with arms.

1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey (new ed.) xiv. 204 Only I have lacked heart to query or chop questions, since that day an Aetolian cheated me with his tale.

2002 J. Lloyd tr. L. Brisson Sexual Ambivalence i. 9 Some declared that a breach would come about between the Aetolians and the Locrians.

B. adj.

Of or relating to ancient Aetolia or its inhabitants.

ΚΠ

1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius Contents. sig. **.iiii^v The Lacedemonians stirre the Grekes to rebellion, and are ouercome by the Etolian shepeherdes.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvii. 947 Africanus,..seeking some honest occasion to leave the Ætolian warre, set his heart and eye wholly upon Asia and king Antiochus.

1678 S. Speed tr. Valerius Maximus Romae Antiquae Descriptio iv. iii. 171 How well did he prefer his own Domestick meanness before the Etolian Splendour, if the succeeding Ages would have followed his Example!

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad viii. 250 Will the news I bring, Afflict, or gratify, th' Etolian king?

1782 J. Gast Hist. Greece vi. i. 402 The indecent petulance of the Aetolian delegates.

1851 Benares Mag. Aug. 699 The contest swift of harnessed steeds... The fifth drove bloods from Thessaly, the sixth Ætolian fillies of the golden bay.

1881 E. A. Freeman Hist. Geogr. Europe I. ii. 29 As part of the same movement, an Aitolian colony is said to have occupied Êlis on the west coast of Peloponnêsos.

1911 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. i. 27 Here the Veneti sacrificed a white horse to Diomede; and associated with his grove were two others, sacred to Argive Hera and Aetolian Artemis.

1962 MLN 77 405 The Chorus of Etolian women deplores the greed and arbitrariness of kings.

2002 J. Lloyd tr. L. Brisson Sexual Ambivalence i. 37 Polycritus's child was produced from the union of an Aetolian man and a Locrian woman.

Compounds

Aetolian Confederacy n. = Aetolian League n.

ΚΠ

1796 J. Payne New & Compl. Syst. Universal Geogr. I. 67 The Ætolian confederacy made, in their resistance to the king of Macedon, the last gallant efforts of Grecian freedom.

1880 R. F. Leighton Hist. Rome xxv. 163 When Ambracia the chief town was taken, and the works of art transported to Rome, the Ætolian confederacy gave up the contest and sued for peace.

1943 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 63 120/2 Tegea passed from a state of sympolity with the Aetolian Confederacy to the sovereignty of Cleomenes.

2006 C. Champion in N. G. Wilson Encycl. Anc. Greece 22/2 The Aetolian Confederacy was essentially a nation of corsairs and mercenaries.

Aetolian League n. a confederation of tribes, cities, and districts of Aetolia, formed in the 4th cent. b.c.

ΚΠ

1770 D. Y. tr. G. B. de Mably Observ. Greeks 143 in Transl. from French The Ætolian league engaged to pay the Romans two hundred talents.

1849 S. Eliot Liberty of Rome II. xiv. 172 The only governments left were those of the Ætolian league and of Macedonia.

1914 Hist. Teacher's Mag. Jan. 17/2 The establishment of the Aetolian League..was the outcome of their successful defense against Macedon.

2004 S. G. Miller Anc. Greek Athletics xii. 199 The Aitolian League established new games called the Soteria (savior) after the Aitolians saved Delphi from an invasion by Gauls.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aetolian
释义	Aetoliann.adj. Brit. /iːˈtəʊlɪən/, /ʌɪˈtəʊlɪən/, U.S. /iˈtoʊljən/, /aɪˈtoʊljən/, /iˈtoʊliən/, /aɪˈtoʊliən/ Forms: 1500s– Aetolian, 1500s Etholian, 1600s– Etolian, 1800s– Aitolian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aetōlius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Aetōlius of Aetolia, Aetolian ( < ancient Greek Αἰτώλιος < Αἰτωλία (classical Latin Aetōlia), the name of a region in ancient Greece) + -an suffix. Compare classical Latin Aetōlus, adjective and noun, ancient Greek Αἰτωλός, adjective and noun, also classical Latin Aetōlicus, ancient Greek Αἰτωλικός, adjectives.In form Etholian after Middle French Etholien (1451; 1530 in the passage translated in quot. 1569 at sense A.; French étolien). Ancient Greek History. A. n. A native or inhabitant of ancient Aetolia, a region of west-central Greece north of the Gulf of Corinth. ΚΠ 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre i. iv. sig. Aviii Nicostratus, capitayne of the Aetolians [L. dux Aetolorum] ayenst the Epirotes. 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander iv. f. 6^v But the Etholians [Fr. Etholiens] and Athenians were therwith euill apayd, & greatly displeased, bycause y^e Etholians feared to be plagued for the oultrage they had committed against Eniade. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xxiv. 602 They should put in a caveat, that he might have no libertie to warre upon the Ætolians. 1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 74 The Grecians..were forced to League themselves (yet in several Confederacies, as that of the Etolians, that of the Achaians, etc.) for their mutual defence. 1754 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. IV. x. 203 All the Ætolians able to bear arms in Antipater's time..were but ten thousand men. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 243 The Ætolians were stiled umbilical; and looked upon themselves as the central people in Greece. 1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. I. xvii. 412 The Etolians probably spoke still worse, their ferocity besides is well known. 1898 North Western Monthly Jan. 362/1 The Aetolians, in defiance of treaty, had twice entered Achaia with arms. 1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey (new ed.) xiv. 204 Only I have lacked heart to query or chop questions, since that day an Aetolian cheated me with his tale. 2002 J. Lloyd tr. L. Brisson Sexual Ambivalence i. 9 Some declared that a breach would come about between the Aetolians and the Locrians. B. adj. Of or relating to ancient Aetolia or its inhabitants. ΚΠ 1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius Contents. sig. *.iiii^v The Lacedemonians stirre the Grekes to rebellion, and are ouercome by the Etolian shepeherdes. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist.* xxxvii. 947 Africanus,..seeking some honest occasion to leave the Ætolian warre, set his heart and eye wholly upon Asia and king Antiochus. 1678 S. Speed tr. Valerius Maximus Romae Antiquae Descriptio iv. iii. 171 How well did he prefer his own Domestick meanness before the Etolian Splendour, if the succeeding Ages would have followed his Example! 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad viii. 250 Will the news I bring, Afflict, or gratify, th' Etolian king? 1782 J. Gast Hist. Greece vi. i. 402 The indecent petulance of the Aetolian delegates. 1851 Benares Mag. Aug. 699 The contest swift of harnessed steeds... The fifth drove bloods from Thessaly, the sixth Ætolian fillies of the golden bay. 1881 E. A. Freeman Hist. Geogr. Europe I. ii. 29 As part of the same movement, an Aitolian colony is said to have occupied Êlis on the west coast of Peloponnêsos. 1911 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. i. 27 Here the Veneti sacrificed a white horse to Diomede; and associated with his grove were two others, sacred to Argive Hera and Aetolian Artemis. 1962 MLN 77 405 The Chorus of Etolian women deplores the greed and arbitrariness of kings. 2002 J. Lloyd tr. L. Brisson Sexual Ambivalence i. 37 Polycritus's child was produced from the union of an Aetolian man and a Locrian woman. Compounds Aetolian Confederacy n. = Aetolian League n. ΚΠ 1796 J. Payne New & Compl. Syst. Universal Geogr. I. 67 The Ætolian confederacy made, in their resistance to the king of Macedon, the last gallant efforts of Grecian freedom. 1880 R. F. Leighton Hist. Rome xxv. 163 When Ambracia the chief town was taken, and the works of art transported to Rome, the Ætolian confederacy gave up the contest and sued for peace. 1943 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 63 120/2 Tegea passed from a state of sympolity with the Aetolian Confederacy to the sovereignty of Cleomenes. 2006 C. Champion in N. G. Wilson Encycl. Anc. Greece 22/2 The Aetolian Confederacy was essentially a nation of corsairs and mercenaries. Aetolian League n. a confederation of tribes, cities, and districts of Aetolia, formed in the 4th cent. b.c. ΚΠ 1770 D. Y. tr. G. B. de Mably Observ. Greeks 143 in Transl. from French The Ætolian league engaged to pay the Romans two hundred talents. 1849 S. Eliot Liberty of Rome II. xiv. 172 The only governments left were those of the Ætolian league and of Macedonia. 1914 Hist. Teacher's Mag. Jan. 17/2 The establishment of the Aetolian League..was the outcome of their successful defense against Macedon. 2004 S. G. Miller Anc. Greek Athletics xii. 199 The Aitolian League established new games called the Soteria (savior) after the Aitolians saved Delphi from an invasion by Gauls. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1539
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