Aulis
See also: aulis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Aulis
- (historical) An ancient port town in Boeotia, Greece, where, according to legend, the Greek fleet gathered to set off for Troy, and where Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia.
Translations edit
an ancient Greek port-town
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
19th century creation from aulis (“helpful, generous”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Aulis
- a male given name
- 2009, Kirsti Ellilä, Pappia kyydissä, Karisto, →ISBN, page 9:
- Aulis hymyili ja pudisti päätään, mutta tajusin, ettei hän voisi kieltää lapsilta taloa. [ - - - ] Hän oli nimensä veroinen mies ja perheenisä: antelias, hyväsydäminen, avulias ja valmis tekemään kaikkensa perheen onnen eteen.
- Aulis smiled and shook his head, but I realized that he couldn't forbid his children from getting the house. [ - - - ] He was a man worthy of his name, a family father: generous, goodhearted, helpful and ready to do anything for his family.
Declension edit
Inflection of Aulis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Aulis | Aulikset | ||
genitive | Auliksen | Aulisten Auliksien | ||
partitive | Aulista | Auliksia | ||
illative | Aulikseen | Auliksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Aulis | Aulikset | ||
accusative | nom. | Aulis | Aulikset | |
gen. | Auliksen | |||
genitive | Auliksen | Aulisten Auliksien | ||
partitive | Aulista | Auliksia | ||
inessive | Auliksessa | Auliksissa | ||
elative | Auliksesta | Auliksista | ||
illative | Aulikseen | Auliksiin | ||
adessive | Auliksella | Auliksilla | ||
ablative | Aulikselta | Auliksilta | ||
allative | Aulikselle | Auliksille | ||
essive | Auliksena | Auliksina | ||
translative | Aulikseksi | Auliksiksi | ||
abessive | Auliksetta | Auliksitta | ||
instructive | — | Auliksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms edit
Statistics edit
- Aulis is the 225th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,461 male individuals (and as a middle name to 8,876 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.lis/, [ˈäu̯lʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.lis/, [ˈäːu̯lis]
Proper noun edit
Aulis f sg (genitive Aulidis); third declension
- A town of Boeotiaon the Euripus, celebrated as the place from which the Grecian fleet set sail for Troy
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Aulis |
Genitive | Aulidis |
Dative | Aulidī |
Accusative | Aulidem |
Ablative | Aulide |
Vocative | Aulis |
Locative | Aulidī Aulide |
References edit
- “Aulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Aulis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly