- αὐλή
- αὐλή, ἡ,A open court before the house, courtyard, Il.4.433, 11.774, SIG1044.17 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.), etc.2 steading for cattle,
αὐλῆς ὑπεράλμενον Il.5.138
, cf. Od.14.5.II later, court or quadrangle, round which the house was built, Hdt.3.77, Ar.V.131, Pl.Prt.311a, etc.III generally, court, hall,Ζηνὸς αὐ. Od.4.74
, cf. Il.6.247;τὴν Διὸς αὐλήν A.Pr.122
(lyr.);αὐ. νεκύων E.Alc.260
(lyr.); court of a temple,ἱεροῦ IG22.1299.28
(Eleusis, iii B. C.), cf. ib.1126.35, LXX Ps.83(84).3; any dwelling, abode, chamber, S.Ant.946 (lyr.), etc.; of a cave, Id.Ph.153 (lyr.); ἀγρόνομοι αὐλαί homes of dwellers in the wild, Id.Ant.786 (lyr.); later, country-house, D.H.6.50.IV ἡ αὐλή the Court,αὐλὰς θεραπεύειν Men.897
, Diph.97, Com.Adesp.145, cf. Plb.5.26.9; οἱ περὶ τὴν αὐλήν the courtiers, ib.36.1, cf. OGI735.4 (ii B. C.), Inscr.Mus.Alex.31; at Rome, Arr.Epict.1.10.3;ἡ βασίλειος αὐ. Hdn.3.11.7
. (Wrongly expld. as τόπος διαπνεόμενος (cf. αὐλός) by Ath.5.189b.)
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