Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὔλησις

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὔλησις

Etym.: au)le/w

Sense

  1. flute-playing

Examples

  • παρὰ δὲ Συρακοσίοισ καὶ Χιτωνέασ Ἀρτέμιδοσ ὄρχησὶσ τίσ ἐστιν ἴδιοσ καὶ αὔλησισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 27 1:4)
  • "τέλεια μὲν αὐτό τε τῶν ποιημάτων ἕκαστον, οἱο͂ν τὸ ᾀδόμενον ἢ αὐλούμενον ἢ κιθαριζόμενον καὶ ἡ ἑκάστου αὐτῶν ἑρμηνεία, οἱο͂ν ἥ τ’ αὔλησισ καὶ ἡ ᾠδὴ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν τοιούτων· (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 367)
  • ἆρ’ ἔστιν αὔλησίσ τι πρᾶγμα; (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 13:1)
  • ‐‐ ἄνθρωποσ οὖν αὔλησίσ ἐστιν; (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 13:3)

Synonyms

  1. flute-playing

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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