αὐλέω
auleo
play on the flute
Appears 31 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αὐλέω, Boeot. part. αὐλίων IG 7.3211,3212 (Orchom. Boeot.): (αὐλός):—Α. play on the flute, Φρύγιον αὔλησεν μέλος 82, cf. 1.141, 2.60, Prt. 327a: c. dat. pers., Smp. 2.8, etc.; αὐ. ἔξοδον play a finale, V. 582; αὐ. εἰρεσίαν, of the boatswain, Alc. 2:— Pass., of tunes, to be played on the flute, ὁ Βακχεῖος ῥυθμὸς ηὐλεῖτο Smp. 9.3; αὐλεῖται πᾶν μέλαθρον is filled with music, IT 367. 2. of persons, play to, VA 2.34, cf. Synt. 302.1:—mostly in Pass., to be played to, hear music, An. 6.1.11, Cyr. 4.5.7, Pr. 917b19 (but possibly Med. as in Lg. 791a), Char. 19.10, 20.10. II. generally, play, κέρατι DDeor. 12.1, cf. 4.74.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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