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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 γὰρ ἐκεῖναι παρακλίνασαι τῆσ αὐλείασ παρακύπτουσιν, κἄν τισ προσέχῃ τὸν νοῦν αὐταῖσ ἀναχωροῦσιν, κᾆτ’ ἢν ἀπίῃ παρακύπτουσιν. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, anapests3)
  • χθιζά μοι Ἑρμώνασσα φιλακρήτουσ μετὰ κώμουσ στέμμασιν αὐλείασ ἀμφιπλέκοντι θύρασ ἐκ κυλίκων ἐπέχευεν ὕδωρ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2811)

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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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