αὐλέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὐλός (aulós, “flute”) +‎ -έω (-éō, denominative verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.lé.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /awˈle.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈβle.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈvle.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈvle.o/

Verb

αὐλέω • (auléō)

to play on the flute
- Alcman 71
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.141
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.60
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 9.3
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 582
(passive voice, of tunes) to be played on the flute
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 9.3
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 367
1. (passive voice, of persons) to be played to, to hear music
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.1.11
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.7
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 19.1

Inflection

Present: αὐλέω, αὐλέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	αὐλέω	αὐλέεις	αὐλέει	αὐλέετον	αὐλέετον	αὐλέομεν	αὐλέετε	αὐλέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	αὐλέω	αὐλέῃς	αὐλέῃ	αὐλέητον	αὐλέητον	αὐλέωμεν	αὐλέητε	αὐλέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	αὐλέοιμῐ	αὐλέοις	αὐλέοι	αὐλέοιτον	αὐλεοίτην	αὐλέοιμεν	αὐλέοιτε	αὐλέοιεν
	imperative		αὔλεε	αὐλεέτω	αὐλέετον	αὐλεέτων		αὐλέετε	αὐλεόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	αὐλέομαι	αὐλέῃ / αὐλέει	αὐλέεται	αὐλέεσθον	αὐλέεσθον	αὐλεόμεθᾰ	αὐλέεσθε	αὐλέονται
	subjunctive	αὐλέωμαι	αὐλέῃ	αὐλέηται	αὐλέησθον	αὐλέησθον	αὐλεώμεθᾰ	αὐλέησθε	αὐλέωνται
	optative	αὐλεοίμην	αὐλέοιο	αὐλέοιτο	αὐλέοισθον	αὐλεοίσθην	αὐλεοίμεθᾰ	αὐλέοισθε	αὐλέοιντο
	imperative		αὐλέου	αὐλεέσθω	αὐλέεσθον	αὐλεέσθων		αὐλέεσθε	αὐλεέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		αὐλέειν				αὐλέεσθαι
participle	m	αὐλέων				αὐλεόμενος
	f	αὐλέουσᾰ				αὐλεομένη
	n	αὐλέον				αὐλεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: αὐλῶ, αὐλοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	αὐλῶ	αὐλεῖς	αὐλεῖ	αὐλεῖτον	αὐλεῖτον	αὐλοῦμεν	αὐλεῖτε	αὐλοῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	αὐλῶ	αὐλῇς	αὐλῇ	αὐλῆτον	αὐλῆτον	αὐλῶμεν	αὐλῆτε	αὐλῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	αὐλοίην / αὐλοῖμῐ	αὐλοίης / αὐλοῖς	αὐλοίη / αὐλοῖ	αὐλοῖτον / αὐλοίητον	αὐλοίτην / αὐλοιήτην	αὐλοῖμεν / αὐλοίημεν	αὐλοῖτε / αὐλοίητε	αὐλοῖεν / αὐλοίησᾰν
	imperative		αὔλει	αὐλείτω	αὐλεῖτον	αὐλείτων		αὐλεῖτε	αὐλούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	αὐλοῦμαι	αὐλεῖ, αὐλῇ	αὐλεῖται	αὐλεῖσθον	αὐλεῖσθον	αὐλούμεθᾰ	αὐλεῖσθε	αὐλοῦνται
	subjunctive	αὐλῶμαι	αὐλῇ	αὐλῆται	αὐλῆσθον	αὐλῆσθον	αὐλώμεθᾰ	αὐλῆσθε	αὐλῶνται
	optative	αὐλοίμην	αὐλοῖο	αὐλοῖτο	αὐλοῖσθον	αὐλοίσθην	αὐλοίμεθᾰ	αὐλοῖσθε	αὐλοῖντο
	imperative		αὐλοῦ	αὐλείσθω	αὐλεῖσθον	αὐλείσθων		αὐλεῖσθε	αὐλείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		αὐλεῖν				αὐλεῖσθαι
participle	m	αὐλῶν				αὐλούμενος
	f	αὐλοῦσᾰ				αὐλουμένη
	n	αὐλοῦν				αὐλούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ηὔλεον, ηὐλεόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ηὔλεον	ηὔλεες	ηὔλεε(ν)	ηὐλέετον	ηὐλεέτην	ηὐλέομεν	ηὐλέετε	ηὔλεον
middle/ passive	indicative	ηὐλεόμην	ηὐλέου	ηὐλέετο	ηὐλέεσθον	ηὐλεέσθην	ηὐλεόμεθᾰ	ηὐλέεσθε	ηὐλέοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ηὔλουν, ηὐλούμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ηὔλουν	ηὔλεις	ηὔλει	ηὐλεῖτον	ηὐλείτην	ηὐλοῦμεν	ηὐλεῖτε	ηὔλουν
middle/ passive	indicative	ηὐλούμην	ηὐλοῦ	ηὐλεῖτο	ηὐλεῖσθον	ηὐλείσθην	ηὐλούμεθᾰ	ηὐλεῖσθε	ηὐλοῦντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: αὐλήσω, αὐλήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	αὐλήσω	αὐλήσεις	αὐλήσει	αὐλήσετον	αὐλήσετον	αὐλήσομεν	αὐλήσετε	αὐλήσουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	αὐλήσοιμῐ	αὐλήσοις	αὐλήσοι	αὐλήσοιτον	αὐλησοίτην	αὐλήσοιμεν	αὐλήσοιτε	αὐλήσοιεν
middle	indicative	αὐλήσομαι	αὐλήσῃ / αὐλήσει	αὐλήσεται	αὐλήσεσθον	αὐλήσεσθον	αὐλησόμεθᾰ	αὐλήσεσθε	αὐλήσονται
middle	optative	αὐλησοίμην	αὐλήσοιο	αὐλήσοιτο	αὐλήσοισθον	αὐλησοίσθην	αὐλησοίμεθᾰ	αὐλήσοισθε	αὐλήσοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		αὐλήσειν			αὐλήσεσθαι
participle	m	αὐλήσων			αὐλησόμενος
	f	αὐλήσουσᾰ			αὐλησομένη
	n	αὐλῆσον			αὐλησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

“αὐλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αὐλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αὐλέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αὐλέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G832 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible