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αὐλός

αὐλός

See also: αυλός and Αὖλος

Ancient Greek

Noun

αὐλός (aulós) m (genitive αὐλοῦ); second declension

  1. any pipe-shaped instrument: flute, clarinet, pipe
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.495
      κοῦροι δ᾽ ὀρχηστῆρες ἐδίνεον, ἐν δ᾽ ἄρα τοῖσιν αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγές τε βοὴν ἔχον
      And young men were whirling in the dance, and in their midst flutes and lyres sounded continually.
  2. hollow tube, pipe, groove, shaft
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.227
      περόνη τέτυκτο αὐλοῖσιν διδύμοισι
      The buckle was furnished with two grooves [into which the tongue fitted]
  3. blowhole, duct
  4. stadium
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Lycophron, Collected Works 40
  5. haulm (of grain)
  6. cowbane, Cicuta virosa
  7. razor shell
    • 250–350 BC, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 3.90.d

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Descendants

See also

  • γίγγρας (gíngras)
  • μάρδος (márdos)
  • συβήνη (subḗnē)
  • σωλήν (sōlḗn)

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