αὖλις
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ἡ,
A tent or place for passing the night in, αὖλιν ἔθεντο Il. 9.232; αὖλιν ἐσιέμεναι to go to roost, of birds, Od.22.470, cf. h.Merc. 71, E.Cyc.363, Call.Dian.87, Theoc.25.18, Arat.1027; αἰγινόμων AP6.221 (Leon.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 393] ιδος, ἡ, Aufenthaltsort, Stall, Lager, bes. zum Uebernachten, H. h. Merc. 71; Theocr. 25, 18; αὖλιν θέσθαι, das Nachtlager aufschlagen, Il. 9, 232; von Vögeln, αὖλιν ἐσιέμεναι, sich ins Nest zur Ruhe begeben, Od. 22, 470; Eur. Cycl. 365; αἰγινόμων Leon. Al. 12 (VI, 221) u. a. Sp. D.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αὖλις: -ιδος, ἡ, κατασκήνωσις, ἐγγὺς γὰρ νηῶν καὶ τεὶχεος αὖλιν ἔθεντο «τὸν αὐλισμὸν ἐποιήσαντο, ἐστρατοπέδευσαν» (Σχόλ.) Ἰλ. Ι. 232· αὖλιν ἐσιέμεναι, ζητοῦσαι τὴν κοίτην αὐτῶν, ἐπὶ περιστερῶν ἢ κιχλῶν, Ὀδ. Χ. 470· ἐπίσης ἐν τῷ Ὁμηρ. Ὕμνῳ εἰς Ἑρμ. 71, Εὐρ. Κύκλ. 362.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ιδος (ἡ) :
lieu où l’on passe la nuit :
1 tente, camp;
2 nid d’oiseaux;
3 étable;
4 antre, grotte.
Étymologie: αὐλή.
English (Autenrieth)
ιδος: place of rest; ‘encampment,’ Il. 9.232; ‘roosting-place,’ Od. 22.470.
