Definitions for aulos

aulos au·los

Spelling: [aw-los]
IPA: /ˈɔ lɒs/

Aulos is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in aulos (alosu).

Definitions for aulos

noun

  1. an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.

Origin of aulos

From the Greek word aulós tube, pipe, flute

Examples for aulos

How then about makers of the flute (aulos) and players on the flute?

A similar or still more rapid development took place in the flute (aulos).

The bore of the aulos was very much narrower than that of the clarinet.

On a mosaic of Monnus in Trves10 is represented an aulos which also appears to have a beak-shaped mouthpiece.

This is more fully explained in the articles Clarinet and aulos.

The probability is that both single and double reeds were at times used with the Greek aulos and the Roman tibia.

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