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αὐλητής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐλητής αὐλητοῦ

Structure: αὐλητ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: au)le/w

Sense

  1. a flute-player, flautist.

Declension

First declension

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

  • τὸν ἄνθρωπον δὲ τὸν διττὸν Θέσπιδι τῷ αὐλητῇ ἐδωρήσατο καλῶσ αὐλήσαντι παρὰ τὸν πότον. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 11:1)
  • ἀστείωσ δὲ αὐτὴν Ἀντιφάνησ φανερὰν ποιεῖ ἐν τῷ Αὐλητῇ λέγων· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 9 2:1)
  • δίδοται δὲ ὁ στέφανοσ τῷ ἱλαρῳδῷ καὶ τῷ αὐλῳδῷ, οὐ τῷ ψάλτῃ οὐδὲ τῷ αὐλητῇ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 146)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ προσέκρουσε πολλάκισ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ, καὶ παρεκινδύνευσε δι’ Ἡφαιστίωνα, πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ Εὐϊῴ τῷ αὐλητῇ τοῦ Ἡφαιστίωνοσ οἰκίαν κατανείμαντοσ ἣν οἱ παῖδεσ ἔτυχον τῷ Εὐμενεῖ προκατειληφότεσ, ἐλθὼν ὑπὸ ὀργῆσ πρὸσ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ὁ Εὐμενὴσ ἐβόα μετὰ Μέντοροσ ὡσ αὐλεῖν εἰή κράτιστον ἢ τραγῳδεῖν τὰ ὅπλα ῥίψαντασ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν, ὥστε Ἀλέξανδρον αὐτῷ συναγανακτεῖν καὶ λοιδορεῖσθαι τῷ Ἡφαιστίωνι. (Plutarch, chapter 2 1:1)
  • ὄρθρου δὲ καθαιροῦντεσ καὶ τὴν ὑποστάθμην πάλιν ὑποσπῶντεσ λεπτόν τε ποιοῦντεσ αὐτὸ καὶ πρὸσ ὑγίειαν οἱο͂ν ἄριστον ἐν ἀχύροισ τιθέασιν τὰσ ὑδρίασ, εἶθ’ οὕτωσ χρῶνται χιόνοσ οὐδ’ ἡντινοῦν χρείαν ἔχοντεσ λακκαίου δὲ ὕδατοσ μνημονεύει Ἀναξίλασ ἐν Αὐλητῇ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 98 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a flute-player

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