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