πλαγίαυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάγιος (plágios, “aslant, sideways”) +‎ αὐλός (aulós, “flute”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pla.ɡí.au̯.los/ → /plaˈʝi.a.βlos/ → /plaˈʝi.a.vlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pla.ɡí.au̯.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plaˈɡi.aw.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plaˈʝi.a.βlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plaˈʝi.a.vlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plaˈʝi.a.vlos/

Noun

πλᾰγῐ́αυλος • (plăgĭ́aulos) m (genitive πλᾰγῐαύλου); second declension

1. transverse flute

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πλᾰγῐ́αυλος; τοῦ πλᾰγῐαύλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πλᾰγῐ́αυλος ho plăgĭ́aulos	τὼ πλᾰγῐαύλω tṑ plăgĭaúlō	οἱ πλᾰγῐ́αυλοι hoi plăgĭ́auloi
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰγῐαύλου toû plăgĭaúlou	τοῖν πλᾰγῐαύλοιν toîn plăgĭaúloin	τῶν πλᾰγῐαύλων tôn plăgĭaúlōn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰγῐαύλῳ tôi plăgĭaúlōi	τοῖν πλᾰγῐαύλοιν toîn plăgĭaúloin	τοῖς πλᾰγῐαύλοις toîs plăgĭaúlois
Accusative	τὸν πλᾰγῐ́αυλον tòn plăgĭ́aulon	τὼ πλᾰγῐαύλω tṑ plăgĭaúlō	τοὺς πλᾰγῐαύλους toùs plăgĭaúlous
Vocative	πλᾰγῐ́αυλε plăgĭ́aule	πλᾰγῐαύλω plăgĭaúlō	πλᾰγῐ́αυλοι plăgĭ́auloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλᾰγῐαυλῐ́ζω (plăgĭaulĭ́zō)

Further reading

• “πλαγίαυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλαγίαυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πλαγίαυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette