Aulis

See also: aulis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːlɪs/, /ˈaʊlɪs/

Proper noun

Aulis

  1. (historical) an ancient port-town, located in Boeotia in central Greece, at the Euripus Strait, opposite of the island of Euboea; identified with the modern Avlida

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

19th century creation from aulis (“helpful, generous”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɑulis]
  • Hyphenation: Au‧lis

Proper noun

Aulis

  1. 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.

Declension
Inflection of Aulis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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
instructive — Auliksin
abessive Auliksetta Auliksitta
comitative — Auliksineen

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.lis/, [ˈau̯.lɪs]

Noun

Aulis f (genitive Aulidis); third declension

  1. A town of Boeotiaon the Euripus, celebrated as the place from which the Grecian fleet set sail for Troy
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Aulis
Genitive Aulidis
Dative Aulidī
Accusative Aulidem
Ablative Aulide
Vocative Aulis

References
  • 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
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