aulosn.

Brit.

/ˈaʊlɒs/, U.S.

/ˈaʊlɑs/

Inflections: Plural auloi.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek αὐλός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek αὐλός oboe-type musical instrument, reed pipe, aulos < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin alvus belly (see alvine adj.). Compare post-classical Latin aulos (1513 or earlier), German Aulos (1835 or earlier). Compare the following earlier examples of the Greek word in English contexts:1753 W. Melmoth in tr. Cicero Lett. I. i. xii. 51 (note) He was surnamed Auletes, in allusion to his skill in playing upon a certain musical instrument called by the Greeks Aulos.1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. vi. 508 The musical instruments of the ancients were of three kinds... Of the First kind the principal were the Flute,..and water Organ, under the several denominations of Αυλος, Tibia, [etc.] In plural form auloi after the Greek plural form.

Music.

A woodwind instrument of ancient Greece, or a similar instrument in use in some other ancient civilizations.The Greek instrument, formerly often erroneously believed to be a type of flute, is now known to have consisted of a cylindrical or conical tube made usually of wood or ivory, having a single or double reed, and played, usually as one of a pair blown simultaneously, by means of finger holes. In specialist use now generally denoting a pair of such instruments, typically fixed or bound together near the mouthpieces.

ΚΠ

1838 Musical World 12 Jan. 21 His flute passages were all constructed to the scale of the aulos, or tibia.

1884 F. Niecks Conc. Dict. Mus. 78 Aulos, a flute.

1894 Musical Times Nov. 738/1 The aulos, although usually translated by ‘flute’, was a reed instrument.

1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 6/2 There are scores of reproductions of Grecian vases, with fauns and elegant young men playing on the aulos, which looked like a double penny-whistle.

1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music I. 116/1 The divergent aulos was..the main wind instrument of ancient Western Asia back to Sumerian times.

1991 Music & Lett. 72 70 It is..maddening how uncertain we remain, in spite of all the extant works of the Greek musical writers, about the blowing and fingering of the aulos.

2007 Classical World 100 462 There are vase depictions of Marsyas playing auloi or a kithara with an appreciative audience.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aulos
释义	aulosn. Brit. /ˈaʊlɒs/, U.S. /ˈaʊlɑs/ Inflections: Plural auloi. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek αὐλός. Etymology: < ancient Greek αὐλός oboe-type musical instrument, reed pipe, aulos < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin alvus belly (see alvine adj.). Compare post-classical Latin aulos (1513 or earlier), German Aulos (1835 or earlier). Compare the following earlier examples of the Greek word in English contexts:1753 W. Melmoth in tr. Cicero Lett. I. i. xii. 51 (note) He was surnamed Auletes, in allusion to his skill in playing upon a certain musical instrument called by the Greeks Aulos.1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. vi. 508 The musical instruments of the ancients were of three kinds... Of the First kind the principal were the Flute,..and water Organ, under the several denominations of Αυλος, Tibia, [etc.] In plural form auloi after the Greek plural form. Music. A woodwind instrument of ancient Greece, or a similar instrument in use in some other ancient civilizations.The Greek instrument, formerly often erroneously believed to be a type of flute, is now known to have consisted of a cylindrical or conical tube made usually of wood or ivory, having a single or double reed, and played, usually as one of a pair blown simultaneously, by means of finger holes. In specialist use now generally denoting a pair of such instruments, typically fixed or bound together near the mouthpieces. ΚΠ 1838 Musical World 12 Jan. 21 His flute passages were all constructed to the scale of the aulos, or tibia. 1884 F. Niecks Conc. Dict. Mus. 78 Aulos, a flute. 1894 Musical Times Nov. 738/1 The aulos, although usually translated by ‘flute’, was a reed instrument. 1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 6/2 There are scores of reproductions of Grecian vases, with fauns and elegant young men playing on the aulos, which looked like a double penny-whistle. 1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music I. 116/1 The divergent aulos was..the main wind instrument of ancient Western Asia back to Sumerian times. 1991 Music & Lett. 72 70 It is..maddening how uncertain we remain, in spite of all the extant works of the Greek musical writers, about the blowing and fingering of the aulos. 2007 Classical World 100 462 There are vase depictions of Marsyas playing auloi or a kithara with an appreciative audience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1838
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