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αὐλός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐλός αὐλοῦ

Structure: αὐλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/hmi to blow

Sense

  1. any pipe-shaped instrument: flute, clarinet, pipe
  2. hollow tube, pipe, groove, shaft
  3. blowhole, duct
  4. stadium
  5. haulm (of grain)
  6. cowbane, Cicuta virosa
  7. razor shell

Declension

Second 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

  • διὰ τοῦτο καρδία μου, Μωάβ, ὥσπερ αὐλοὶ βομβήσουσι, καρδία μου ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπουσ κειράδασ ὥσπερ αὐλὸσ βομβήσει. διὰ τοῦτο ἃ περιεποιήσατο, ἀπώλετο ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 31:36)
  • καὶ μὴν κἀκεῖνο πρόσεστιν αὐτῇ, τὸ μὴ καθ’ ἡσυχίαν, ἀλλὰ μετ’ ᾠδῆσ πέτεσθαι οὐκ ἀπηνοῦσ οἱά κωνώπων καὶ ἐμπίδων, οὐδὲ τὸ βαρύβρομον τῶν μελιττῶν ἢ τῶν σφηκῶν τὸ φοβερὸν καὶ ἀπειλητικὸν ἐνδεικνυμένησ, ἀλλὰ τοσοῦτόν ἐστι λιγυρωτέρα, ὅσον σάλπιγγοσ καὶ κυμβάλων αὐλοὶ μελιχρότεροι. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 2:2)
  • ὁ διδοὺσ ἐπιφανὴσ, ἐπιφανὴσ ὁ λαμβάνων τούτων γυναῖκεσ ἱέρειαι Θεᾷ, Θεῷ, ὁ κορύβαντεσ, αὐλοί, παννυχίδεσ, ἀναστροφή· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 20 3:1)
  • κατεστραμμένοι γάρ εἰσιν οἱ αὐλοὶ εἰσ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ ἀρασσομένου τοῦ ὕδατοσ ὑπό τινοσ νεανίσκου, ἔτι δὲ διικνουμένων ἀξινῶν διὰ τοῦ ὀργάνου ἐμπνέονται οἱ αὐλοὶ καὶ ἦχον ἀποτελοῦσι προσηνῆ, ἐοίκεν δὲ τὸ ὄργανον βωμῷ στρογγύλῳ, καί φασι τοῦτο εὑρῆσθαι ὑπὸ Κτησιβίου κουρέωσ ἐνταῦθα οἰκοῦντοσ ἐν τῇ Ἀσπενδίᾳ ἐπὶ τοῦ δευτέρου εὐεργέτου, διαπρέψαι τέ φασι μεγάλωσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 75 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. razor shell

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