χοραύλης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χορός (khorós, “chorus”) +‎ αὐλός (aulós, “flute”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰo.rǎu̯.lɛːs/ → /xoˈra.βlis/ → /xoˈra.vlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰo.rǎu̯.lɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈraw.le̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xoˈra.βlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xoˈra.vlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xoˈra.vlis/

Noun

χοραύλης • (khoraúlēs) m (genitive χοραύλου); first declension

1. one who accompanies a chorus on the flute

Declension

First declension of ὁ χοραύλης; τοῦ χοραύλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χοραύλης ho khoraúlēs	τὼ χοραύλᾱ tṑ khoraúlā	οἱ χοραῦλαι hoi khoraûlai
Genitive	τοῦ χοραύλου toû khoraúlou	τοῖν χοραύλαιν toîn khoraúlain	τῶν χοραυλῶν tôn khoraulôn
Dative	τῷ χοραύλῃ tôi khoraúlēi	τοῖν χοραύλαιν toîn khoraúlain	τοῖς χοραύλαις toîs khoraúlais
Accusative	τὸν χοραύλην tòn khoraúlēn	τὼ χοραύλᾱ tṑ khoraúlā	τοὺς χοραύλᾱς toùs khoraúlās
Vocative	χοραύλη khoraúlē	χοραύλᾱ khoraúlā	χοραῦλαι khoraûlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χοραυλέω (khorauléō)

Further reading

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