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

  • μὴ διαπαντὸσ δεῖ ὑμᾶσ εὐφραίνεσθαι καὶ εἰσπορεύεσθαι εἰσ τὰ ἅγιά μου διαπαντὸσ ὡσεὶ ἑορτάζοντασ καὶ ὡσεὶ εὐφραινομένουσ εἰσελθεῖν μετὰ αὐλοῦ εἰσ τὸ ὄροσ Κυρίου πρὸσ τὸν Θεὸν τοῦ Ἰσραήλ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 30:29)
  • ἔνθεν δ’ αὖθ’ ἑτέρωθε νέοι κώμαζον ὑπ’ αὐλοῦ, τοί γε μὲν αὖ παίζοντεσ ὑπ’ ὀρχηθμῷ καὶ ἀοιδῇ τοί γε μὲν αὖ γελόωντεσ ὑπ’ αὐλητῆρι ἕκαστοσ πρόσθ’ ἔκιον· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 26:2)
  • ὁ δὲ μετὰ τοῦ αὐλοῦ καὶ τῶν στεφάνων ἐπιστὰσ τὰ μὲν πρῶτα ἐβόα καὶ συγχεῖν ἡμῶν ἐπειρᾶτο τὴν συνουσίαν ἐπιταράξασ τῇ βοῇ· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 17:5)
  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὅμοιά σοι κατηγόρει τῆσ ὀρχηστικῆσ, λέγων τοῦ αὐλοῦ καὶ τῶν συρίγγων καὶ τῶν κτύπων πάρεργόν τι τὸν ὀρχηστὴν εἶναι, μηδὲν αὐτὸν πρὸσ τὸ δρᾶμα συντελοῦντα, κινούμενον δὲ ἄλογον ἄλλωσ κίνησιν καὶ μάταιον, οὐδενὸσ αὐτῇ νοῦ προσόντοσ, τῶν δὲ ἀνθρώπων τοῖσ περὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα γοητευομένων,^· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 63:2)
  • ἐσθῆτι σηρικῇ καὶ προσωπείῳ εὐπρεπεῖ, αὐλῷ τε καὶ τερετίσμασι καὶ τῇ τῶν ᾀδόντων εὐφωνίᾳ, οἷσ κοσμεῖσθαι μηδὲν ὂν τὸ τοῦ ὀρχηστοῦ πρᾶγμα, ὁ τότε κατὰ τὸν Νέρωνα εὐδοκιμῶν ὀρχηστήσ, οὐκ ἀσύνετοσ, ὥσ φασιν, ἀλλ’ εἰ καί τισ ἄλλοσ ἔν τε ἱστορίασ μνήμῃ καὶ κινήσεωσ κάλλει διενεγκών, ἐδεήθη τοῦ Δημητρίου εὐγνωμονεστάτην, οἶμαι, τὴν δέησιν, ἰδεῖν ὀρχούμενον, ἔπειτα κατηγορεῖν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑπέσχετό γε ἄνευ αὐλοῦ καὶ ᾀσμάτων ἐπιδείξεσθαι αὐτῷ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 63:3)

Synonyms

  1. to play on the flute

  2. to be played on the flute

Derived

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