αὐλή, ἡ,
open court before the house, courtyard, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.433, 11.774, “SIG” 1044.17 (Halic., 4th-3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 steading for cattle, αὐλῆς ὑπεράλμενον[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.138, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.5. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II later, court or quadrangle, round which the house was built, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 131, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III generally, court, hall, Ζηνὸς αὐ.[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.74, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.247; τὴν Διὸς αὐλήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 122 (Lyric poetry); αὐ. νεκύων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 260 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; court of a temple, ἱεροῦ[[ “IG” 22.1299.28 (Eleusis, 3rd c.BC), compare [prev. work]1126.35, LXX.Psa.83(84).3] LXX+3rd c.BC+]; any dwelling, abode, chamber, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 946 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; of a cave, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 153 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; ἀγρόνομοι αὐλαί homes of dwellers in the wild, [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 786 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; later, country-house, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.50. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IV ἡ αὐλή the Court, αὐλὰς θεραπεύειν[[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 897, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 97, “Comica Adespota” 145, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.26.9] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ περὶ τὴν αὐλήν the courtiers,[[ [prev. work] 36.1, compare “OGI” 735.4 (2nd c.BC), “Inscription Mus.Alex.” 31; at Rome, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.10.3; ἡ βασίλειος αὐ. 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.11.7. (Wrongly explained as τόπος διαπνεόμενος (compare αὐλός) by 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.189b.)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]