αὖλις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“pass the night”), the same root of αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /âu̯.lis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈaw.lis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.βlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.vlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.vlis/
Noun
αὖλῐς • (aûlis) f (genitive αὔλῐδος); third declension
- tent or place for passing the night in, bivouac
- bird's roosting place
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ αὖλῐς; τῆς αὔλῐδος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ αὖλῐς hē aûlis | τὼ αὔλῐδε tṑ aúlide | αἱ αὔλῐδες hai aúlides | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς αὔλῐδος tês aúlidos | τοῖν αὐλῐ́δοιν toîn aulídoin | τῶν αὐλῐ́δων tôn aulídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ αὔλῐδῐ têi aúlidi | τοῖν αὐλῐ́δοιν toîn aulídoin | ταῖς αὔλῐσῐ / αὔλῐσῐν taîs aúlisi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν αὔλῐδᾰ tḕn aúlida | τὼ αὔλῐδε tṑ aúlide | τᾱ̀ς αὔλῐδᾰς tā̀s aúlidas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αὖλῐς aûlis | αὔλῐδε aúlide | αὔλῐδες aúlides | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- αὖλις in Liddell & Scott, A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940
- αὖλις in Liddell & Scott, An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889
- αὖλις in Autenrieth, Georg, A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1891
- αὖλις in Bailly, Anatole, Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, 1935
- αὖλις in Cunliffe, Richard J., A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1924, published 1963
- αὖλις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2021)
- Beekes, Robert S. P., “αὐλή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2010, →ISBN, page 169