αυλός
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”). Cognates include Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), and perhaps also Latin alvus, Old Church Slavonic улица (ulica, “small lane, narrow street”), and Old Armenian ուղ (uł, “passage”), ուղի (ułi, “road”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /avˈlos/
- Hyphenation: αυ‧λός
Noun
αυλός • (avlós) m (plural αυλοί)
- (music) pipe, flute, fife (any wind instrument played by blowing)
- Ο Μαγικός Αυλός ― O Magikós Avlós ― The Magic Flute (1791 opera by Mozart)
- (music, more specifically) floghera or souravli (Greek folk instruments)
- bellows' pipe (used by blacksmith)
- (medicine) the tubular part of any hollow organ eg intestines.
Declension
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