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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[open court]] before the house, [[courtyard]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.433</span>, <span class="bibl">11.774</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>1044.17 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[steading]] for cattle, αὐλῆς ὑπεράλμενον <span class="bibl">Il.5.138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.14.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> later, [[court]] or [[quadrangle]], round which the house was built, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.77</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>131</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>311a</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> generally, [[court]], [[hall]], Ζηνὸς αὐ. <span class="bibl">Od.4.74</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.6.247</span>; τὴν Διὸς αὐλήν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>122</span> (lyr.); αὐ. νεκύων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>260</span> (lyr.); [[court]] of a temple, ἱεροῦ <span class="title">IG</span>22.1299.28 (Eleusis, iii B. C.), cf. ib.1126.35, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>83(84).3</span>; [[any dwelling]], [[abode]], [[chamber]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>946</span> (lyr.), etc.; of a cave, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>153</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἀγρόνομοι αὐλαί</b> [[homes]] of dwellers in the wild, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>786</span> (lyr.); later, [[country-house]], <span class="bibl">D.H.6.50</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ἡ αὐλή</b> [[the Court]], αὐλὰς θεραπεύειν <span class="bibl">Men.897</span>, <span class="bibl">Diph.97</span>, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>145, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.5.26.9</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ περὶ τὴν αὐλήν</b> the [[courtiers]], ib.<span class="bibl">36.1</span>, cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>735.4 (ii B. C.), <span class="title">Inscr.Mus.Alex.</span>31; at Rome, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.10.3</span>; ἡ βασίλειος αὐ. <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.11.7</span>. (Wrongly expld. as <b class="b3">τόπος διαπνεόμενος</b> (cf. [[αὐλός]]) by <span class="bibl">Ath.5.189b</span>.)</span>