αὐλός

See also: αυλός, άυλος, ἄϋλος, and Αὖλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *aulós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, nominalization of *h₂ewlo- (“tube, hollow, channel”).

Cognates include Lithuanian aulas, avilỹs, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Old Armenian օղ (ōł), and perhaps also Latin alvus, Old Church Slavonic улица (ulica, “small lane, narrow street”), and Old Armenian ուղի (ułi, “road, way, passage”). Semantically compare Sanskrit वेणु (veṇu, “reed, tube; flute, pipe”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.lós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /awˈlos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈβlos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈvlos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈvlos/

Noun

αὐλός • (aulós) m (genitive αὐλοῦ); second declension

(music) any pipe-shaped instrument: flute, clarinet, pipe
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.495:
  κοῦροι δ’ ὀρχηστῆρες ἐδίνεον, ἐν δ’ ἄρα τοῖσιν αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγές τε βοὴν ἔχον
  koûroi d’ orkhēstêres edíneon, en d’ ára toîsin auloì phórmingés te boḕn ékhon
  And young men were whirling in the dance, and in their midst flutes and lyres sounded continually.
hollow tube, pipe, groove, shaft
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.227:
  περόνη τέτυκτο αὐλοῖσιν διδύμοισι
  perónē tétukto auloîsin didúmoisi
  The buckle was furnished with two grooves [into which the tongue fitted]
blowhole, duct
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 589b.19
- 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 697a.17
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 524a.10
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 507a.10
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Respiration 478b.8
stadium
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Lycophron, Collected Works 40
haulm (of grain)
cowbane (Cicuta virosa)
- 200 CE – 400 CE, Pseudo-Plutarch, On Rivers 10.3
razor shell
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 3.90d

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ αὐλός; τοῦ αὐλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αὐλός ho aulós	τὼ αὐλώ tṑ aulṓ	οἱ αὐλοί hoi auloí
Genitive	τοῦ αὐλοῦ toû auloû	τοῖν αὐλοῖν toîn auloîn	τῶν αὐλῶν tôn aulôn
Dative	τῷ αὐλῷ tôi aulôi	τοῖν αὐλοῖν toîn auloîn	τοῖς αὐλοῖς toîs auloîs
Accusative	τὸν αὐλόν tòn aulón	τὼ αὐλώ tṑ aulṓ	τοὺς αὐλούς toùs auloús
Vocative	αὐλέ aulé	αὐλώ aulṓ	αὐλοί auloí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἄναυλος (ánaulos)
ἀσκαύλης (askaúlēs)
αὐλέω (auléō)
αὐλίδιον (aulídion)
αὐλίσκος (aulískos)
αὐλοβόας (aulobóas)
αὐλοδόκη (aulodókē)
αὐλοθετέω (aulothetéō)
αὐλοθήκη (aulothḗkē)
αὐλομανέω (aulomanéō)
αὐλομανής (aulomanḗs)
αὐλομελῳδία (aulomelōidía)
αὐλοποιΐα (aulopoiḯa)
αὐλοποιϊκή (aulopoiïkḗ)
αὐλοποιός (aulopoiós)
αὐλοστατέω (aulostatéō)
αὐλοτρύπης (aulotrúpēs)
αὐλῳδός (aulōidós)
αὐλών (aulṓn)
αὐλῶπις (aulôpis)
αὐλωτός (aulōtós)
αὐταύλης (autaúlēs)
βομβαύλιος (bombaúlios)
δίαυλος (díaulos)
δολίχαυλος (dolíkhaulos)
ἔναυλος (énaulos)
ἱεραύλης (hieraúlēs)
κακόαυλος (kakóaulos)
καλαμαύλης (kalamaúlēs)
κεραύλης (keraúlēs)
μεσαύλιον (mesaúlion)
μίμαυλος (mímaulos)
μόναυλος (mónaulos)
ὅμαυλος (hómaulos)
πάραυλος (páraulos)
πλαγίαυλος (plagíaulos)
πρωταύλης (prōtaúlēs)
Πυθαύλης (Puthaúlēs)
ῥαπαύλης (rhapaúlēs)
σπονδαύλης (spondaúlēs)
σύναυλος (súnaulos)
τριηραύλης (triēraúlēs)
τυμβαύλης (tumbaúlēs)
ὕδραυλις (húdraulis)
φιλαυλος (philaulos)
φρυγιαύλιον (phrugiaúlion)
χοραύλης (khoraúlēs)

Descendants

Greek: αυλός (avlós)