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αὔλειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὔλειος

Structure: αὐλει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or belonging to the au)lh/ or court, of the court, outer, house

Examples

  • ἔσταν δ’ ἐπ’ αὐλείαισ θύραισ ἀνδρὸσ φιλοξείνου καλὰ μελπόμενοσ, ἔνθα μοι ἁρμόδιον δεῖπνον κεκόσμηται, θαμὰ δ’ ἀλλοδαπῶν οὐκ ἀπείρατοι δόμοι ἐντί· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 1 6:1)
  • νῦν μὲν κἠπὶ τὰ χρύσεα μᾶλ’ ἔνεκεν σέθεν βαίην καὶ φύλακον νεκύων πεδὰ Κέρβερον, τότα δ’ οὐδὲ καλεῦντοσ ἐπ’ αὐλεϊαίσ θύραισ προμόλοιμί κε παυσάμενοσ χαλέπω πόθω. (Theocritus, Idylls, 21)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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