Defn: A medical certificate that a student is ill.
AENEID
Æ*ne"id, n. Etym: [L. Aeneis, Aeneidis, or -dos: cf. F. .]
Defn: The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Æneas.
AENEOUS
A*ë"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. aëneus.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Colored like bronze.
AEOLIAN
Æ*o"li*an, a. Etym: [L. Aeolius, Gr.
1. Of or pertaining to Æolia or Æolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; æolic; as, the Æolian dialect.
2. Pertaining to Æolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aërial. Viewless forms the æolian organ play. Campbell. Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the
volume of sound, etc., by forcing a stream of air upon the strings. Moore. — Æolian harp, Æolian lyre, a musical instrument consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings, on which the wind acts to produce the notes; — usually placed at an open window. Moore. — Æolian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek and early ecclesiastical modes.
AEOLIC
Æ*ol"ic, a. Etym: [L. Aeolicus; Gr.