αὐλέω,
Boeotian dialect participle αὐλίων[[ “IG” 7.3211,3212 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_)] Refs]: (αὐλός):—play on the flute, Φρύγιον αὔλησεν μέλος[[ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 82, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141, 2.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327a: with _dative_ _person_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.8, etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]; αὐ. ἔξοδον play a finale, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 582] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐ. εἰρεσίαν, of the boatswain, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 2] Refs 1st c.AD+]:— passive, of tunes, to be played on the flute, ὁ Βακχεῖος ῥυθμὸς ηὐλεῖτο[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.3; αὐλεῖται πᾶν μέλαθρον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]is filled with music, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 367. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of persons, play to, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.34, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 302.1] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—mostly in passive, to be played to, hear music, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.11, “Cyr.” 4.5.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 917b19] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but possibly middle as in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 791a), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 19.10, 20.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II generally, play, κέρατι[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 12.1, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.74.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]