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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

  • οὕτω δημόσιον κακὸν ἔρχεται οἴκαδ’ ἑκάστῳ, αὔλειοι δ’ ἔτ’ ἔχειν οὐκ ἐθέλουσι θύραι, ὑψηλὸν δ’ ὑπὲρ ἑρ́κοσ ὑπέρθορεν, εὑρ͂ε δὲ πάντωσ, εἰ καί τισ φεύγων ἐν μυχῷ ᾖ θαλάμου ταῦτα διδάξαι θυμὸσ Ἀθηναίουσ με κελεύει, ὡσ κακὰ πλεῖστα πόλει δυσνομία παρέχει, εὐνομία δ’ εὔκοσμα καὶ ἄρτια πάντ’ ἀποφαίνει, καὶ θαμὰ τοῖσ ἀδίκοισ ἀμφιτίθησι πέδασ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 33)
  • οὕτω δημόσιον κακὸν ἔρχεται οἴκαδ’ ἑκάστῳ,αὔλειοι δ’ ἔτ’ ἔχειν οὐκ ἐθέλουσι θύραι,ὑψηλὸν δ’ ὑπὲρ ἑρ́κοσ ὑπέρθορεν, εὑρ͂ε δὲ πάντωσ,εἰ καί τισ φεύγων ἐν μυχῷ ᾖ θαλάμου. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 335:23)

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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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