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αὐλητρίς

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐλητρίς

Etym.: au)le/w

Sense

  1. A flute-girl (whence auletris) in ancient Greece, whose services may also have been sexual.

Examples

  • πρῴην δὲ ὁπότε συνεπίνετε Θράσων καὶ σὺ καὶ Δίφιλοσ, παρῆσαν καὶ ἡ αὐλητρὶσ Κυμβάλιον καὶ Πυραλλὶσ ἐχθρὰ οὖσα ἐμοί. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:8)
  • καὶ γὰρ αὐλητρίσ γέ σοι ἥδ’ ἔνδον ἔσθ’ ὡραιοτάτη κὠρχηστρίδεσ ἕτεραι δύ’ ἢ τρεῖσ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 1:10)
  • αὑλητρὶσ ἐνεφύσησεν· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 1:45)
  • ὡσ καὶ αὐλητρὶσ ἧκεν ἐκ τῆσ πλησίον κώμησ αὐτοῖσ καὶ ὡσ δῶρα ἀλλήλοισ ἀντέδοσαν, ὁ Μαῦροσ μὲν τῷ Μαλχίωνι λόγχην, ὁ δὲ τῷ Μαυσάκᾳ πόρπην, καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ τοιαῦτα τῆσ ἐπ̓ Εὐρώπῳ μάχησ αὐτὰ δὴ τὰ κεφάλαια. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 28 2:1)
  • "ταῦτ’ οὖν ἐπιστάμενοσ ὁ Νάρισ ἐκτήσατο ἐκ τῆσ Καρδίησ αὐλητρίδα , καὶ ἀφικομένη ἡ αὐλητρὶσ εἰσ τοὺσ Βισάλτασ ἐδίδαξε πολλοὺσ αὐλητάσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 19 1:10)

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