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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

  • καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν αὑτοῦ ἐρωτᾶν κατακείμενοσ, εἰ κέκλεικε τὴν κιβωτόν, καὶ εἰ σεσήμανται τὸ κυλιούχιον, καὶ εἰ ὁ μοχλὸσ εἰσ τὴν θύραν τὴν αὐλείαν ἐμβέβληται· (Theophrastus, Characters, 3:2)
  • Φρυγία, τὸν μικκὸν παῖσδε λαβοῖσα, τὰν κύν’ ἔσω κάλεσον, τὰν αὐλείαν ἀπόκλᾳξον. (Theocritus, Idylls, 56)

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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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