Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐλέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐλέω αὐλήσω

Structure: αὐλέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: au)lo/s

Sense

  1. to play on the flute
  2. (passive, of tunes) to be played on the flute
  3. (passive, of persons) to be played to, to hear music

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular αὐλῶ αὐλεῖς αὐλεῖ
Dual αὐλεῖτον αὐλεῖτον
Plural αὐλοῦμεν αὐλεῖτε αὐλοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular αὐλῶ αὐλῇς αὐλῇ
Dual αὐλῆτον αὐλῆτον
Plural αὐλῶμεν αὐλῆτε αὐλῶσιν*
OptativeSingular αὐλοῖμι αὐλοῖς αὐλοῖ
Dual αὐλοῖτον αὐλοίτην
Plural αὐλοῖμεν αὐλοῖτε αὐλοῖεν
ImperativeSingular αύ̓λει αὐλείτω
Dual αὐλεῖτον αὐλείτων
Plural αὐλεῖτε αὐλούντων, αὐλείτωσαν
Infinitive αὐλεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
αὐλων αὐλουντος αὐλουσα αὐλουσης αὐλουν αὐλουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular αὐλοῦμαι αὐλεῖ, αὐλῇ αὐλεῖται
Dual αὐλεῖσθον αὐλεῖσθον
Plural αὐλούμεθα αὐλεῖσθε αὐλοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular αὐλῶμαι αὐλῇ αὐλῆται
Dual αὐλῆσθον αὐλῆσθον
Plural αὐλώμεθα αὐλῆσθε αὐλῶνται
OptativeSingular αὐλοίμην αὐλοῖο αὐλοῖτο
Dual αὐλοῖσθον αὐλοίσθην
Plural αὐλοίμεθα αὐλοῖσθε αὐλοῖντο
ImperativeSingular αὐλοῦ αὐλείσθω
Dual αὐλεῖσθον αὐλείσθων
Plural αὐλεῖσθε αὐλείσθων, αὐλείσθωσαν
Infinitive αὐλεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
αὐλουμενος αὐλουμενου αὐλουμενη αὐλουμενης αὐλουμενον αὐλουμενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἴ τισ αὐλεῖν μὴ ἐπιστάμενοσ κτήσαιτο τοὺσ Τιμοθέου αὐλοὺσ ἢ τοὺσ Ἰσμηνίου, οὓσ ἑπτὰ ταλάντων ὁ Ἰσμηνίασ ἐν Κορίνθῳ ἐπρίατο, ἆρ’ ἂν διὰ τοῦτο καὶ αὐλεῖν δύναιτο, ἢ οὐδὲν ὄφελοσ αὐτῷ τοῦ κτήματοσ οὐκ ἐπισταμένῳ χρήσασθαι κατὰ τὴν τέχνην; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 5:4)
  • ἐπεὶ τό γε αὐλεῖν αὐτὸ ἄνευ τοῦ ἔνδοξον εἶναι δἰ αὐτὸ οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην ἀγνώστῳ μοι προσγενόμενον, οὐδ̓ εἰ Μαρσύασ ἢ Ὄλυμποσ γενήσεσθαι μέλλοιμι λανθάνων· (Lucian, Harmonides 3:3)
  • οὔτε γὰρ αὐλεῖν ἔνι χωρὶσ αὐλῶν οὔτε ψάλλειν ἄνευ λύρασ οὔτε ἱππεύειν ἄνευ ἵππου· (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 17:2)
  • ἔφη μὲν γὰρ εἰσελθεῖν παρ’ αὐτὸν οὐκ εἰδὼσ ἐχόμενον ἤδη τῷ πάθει, τὸν δὲ ταχέωσ ἀναστάντα ἐπικλεῖσαί τε τὴν θύραν καὶ ξιφίδιον σπασάμενον ἀναδόντα αὐτῷ τοὺσ αὐλοὺσ κελεύειν αὐλεῖν εἶτα ἐπεὶ μὴ δύναιτο, παίειν σκῦτοσ ἔχοντα ἐσ ὑπτίασ τὰσ χεῖρασ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 20:4)

Synonyms

  1. to play on the flute

  2. to be played on the flute

Derived

Similar forms

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