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

  • ὑμὲσ δ’ ὅσοι Θείβαθεν αὐληταὶ πάρα τοῖσ ὀστίνοισ φυσῆτε τὸν πρωκτὸν κυνόσ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode3)
  • συμπαρῆσαν γὰρ αὐτοῖσ καὶ αὐληταὶ ἐν στρατιωτικῇ σκευῇ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 19 1:1)
  • "παρῆλθον δὲ καὶ αὐληταί, οἳ πρῶτον τὸ Πυθικὸν ηὔλησαν, εἶθ’ ἑξῆσ μετὰ τῶν χορῶν, Τιμόθεοσ, Φρύνιχοσ, Καφισίασ,1 Διόφαντοσ, ἔτι δὲ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 5413)
  • "ταχὺ δὲ συννοήσαντεσ οἱ αὐληταὶ καὶ λαβόντεσ ὁ ὁρμὴν οἰκείαν ταῖσ ἑαυτῶν ἀσελγείαισ μεγάλην ἐποίησαν σύγχυσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 4 1:6)
  • "συνεπιστρέψαντεσ δὲ τοὺσ μέσουσ χοροὺσ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἄκρουσ οἱ μὲν αὐληταὶ φυσῶντεσ ἀδιανόητα καὶ διαφέροντεσ τοὺσ αὐλοὺσ ἀπῆγον ἀνὰ μέροσ ἐπ’ ἀλλήλουσ, ἅμα δὲ τούτοισ ἐπικτυποῦντεσ οἱ χοροὶ καὶ συνεπισείοντεσ τὴν σκευὴν ἐπεφέροντο τοῖσ ἐναντίοισ καὶ πάλιν ἀνεχώρουν ἐκ μεταβολῆσ, ὡσ δὲ καὶ περιζωσάμενόσ τισ τῶν χορευτῶν ἐκ τοῦ καιροῦ στραφεὶσ ἦρε τὰσ χεῖρασ ἀπὸ πυγμῆσ πρὸσ τὸν ἐπιφερόμενον αὐλητήν, τότ’ ἤδη κρότοσ ἐξαίσιοσ ἐγένετο καὶ κραυγὴ τῶν θεωμένων, ἔτι δὲ τούτων ἐκ παρατάξεωσ ἀγωνιζομένων ὀρχησταὶ δύο εἰσήγοντο μετὰ συμφωνίασ εἰσ τὴν ὀρχήστραν, καὶ πύκται τέσσαρεσ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν μετὰ σαλπιγκτῶν καὶ βυκανιστῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 4 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. to play on the flute

  2. to be played on the flute

Derived

Similar forms

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