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ἔναυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔναυλος ἔναυλον

Structure: ἐναυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. on or to the flute, ringing in one's ears, fresh in memory
  2. dwelling in dens, in one's den

Examples

  • μέλεοσ Ἑλλάσ, ἃ τὸν εὐεργέταν ἀποβαλεῖσ, ὀλεῖσ μανίαισιν Λύσσασ χορευθέντ’ ἐναύλοισ. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, lyric3)
  • σὲ τὰν ἐναύλοισ ὑπὸ δενδροκόμοισ μουσεῖα καὶ θάκουσ ἐνί‐ ζουσαν ἀναβοάσω, σὲ τὰν ἀοιδοτάταν ὄρνιθα μελῳδὸν ἀηδόνα δακρυόεσσαν, ἔλθ’ ὦ διὰ ξουθᾶν γενύων ἐλελιζομένα θρήνων ἐμοὶ ξυνεργόσ, Ἑλένασ μελέασ πόνουσ τὸν Ἰλιάδων τ’ ἀει δούσᾳ δακρυόεντα πότμον Ἀχαιῶν ὑπὸ λόγχαισ· (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 11)

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

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