πρωταύλης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) +‎ αὐλός (aulós, “flute”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prɔː.tǎu̯.lɛːs/ → /proˈta.βlis/ → /proˈta.vlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prɔː.tǎu̯.lɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proˈtaw.le̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈta.βlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈta.vlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈta.vlis/

Noun

πρωταύλης • (prōtaúlēs) m (genitive πρωταύλου); first declension

1. chief flute-player

Declension

First declension of ὁ πρωταύλης; τοῦ πρωταύλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρωταύλης ho prōtaúlēs	τὼ πρωταύλᾱ tṑ prōtaúlā	οἱ πρωταῦλαι hoi prōtaûlai
Genitive	τοῦ πρωταύλου toû prōtaúlou	τοῖν πρωταύλαιν toîn prōtaúlain	τῶν πρωταυλῶν tôn prōtaulôn
Dative	τῷ πρωταύλῃ tôi prōtaúlēi	τοῖν πρωταύλαιν toîn prōtaúlain	τοῖς πρωταύλαις toîs prōtaúlais
Accusative	τὸν πρωταύλην tòn prōtaúlēn	τὼ πρωταύλᾱ tṑ prōtaúlā	τοὺς πρωταύλᾱς toùs prōtaúlās
Vocative	πρωταύλη prōtaúlē	πρωταύλᾱ prōtaúlā	πρωταῦλαι prōtaûlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πρωταύλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πρωταύλης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette