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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

  • ἐν τοσούτῳ δὲ κτύποσ ἠκούετο καὶ βοὴ καὶ ἡ αὔλειοσ ἠράσσετο, καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν ἐπεισέπαισαν ὅσον ὀκτὼ νεανίσκοι μάλα καρτεροὶ καὶ ὁ Μεγαρεὺσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:6)
  • ὧν δ’ ἕνεκα κλεὶσ καὶ μοχλὸσ καὶ αὔλειοσ, ταῦτ’ ἀνακαλύπτων καὶ φέρων εἰσ τὸ μέσον ἑτέροισ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 3 3:2)
  • ὧν δ’ ἕνεκα κλεὶσ καὶ μοχλὸσ καὶ αὔλειοσ, ταῦτ’ ἀνακαλύπτων καὶ φέρων εἰσ τὸ μέσον ἑτέροισ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 3 7:1)
  • ταῦτα εἰποῦσα, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, ἐκείνη μὲν ἀπηλλάγη, ἐγὼ δ’ εὐθέωσ ἐταραττόμην, καὶ πάντα μου εἰσ τὴν γνώμην εἰσῄει, καὶ μεστὸσ ἦ ὑποψίασ, ἐνθυμούμενοσ μὲν ὡσ ἀπεκλῄσθην ἐν τῷ δωματίῳ, ἀναμιμνῃσκόμενοσ δὲ ὅτι ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ νυκτὶ ἐψόφει ἡ μέταυλοσ θύρα καὶ ἡ αὔλειοσ, ὃ οὐδέποτε ἐγένετο, ἔδοξέ τέ μοι ἡ γυνὴ ἐψιμυθιῶσθαι. (Lysias, Speeches, 21:1)

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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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