κατ-αυλέω (katauleo)

Where it lives

Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

κατ-αυλέω · kat-auleō — LSJ

charm by flute-playing, flute to, to the strains of the flute, to be played to on the flute

charm by flute-playing, τινος Pl. Lg. 790e, cf. R. 411a; τινα Alciphr. 2.1: metaph., σε . . -ήσω φόβῳ I will flute to you on a ghastly flute, E. HF 871 (troch.):—Pass., of persons, μεθύων καὶ καταυλούμενος drinking wine to the strains of the flute, Pl. R. 561c; κ. πρὸς χελωνίδος ψόφον to be played to on the flute with lyre accompaniment, Posidon. 10 J., cf. Call. Fr. 10.3 P., Phld. Mus. p.49 K.

2 make, sound with flute-playing, resound with flute-playing

c. gen. loci, make a place sound with flute-playing, Thphr. Fr. 87:— Pass., resound with flute-playing, νῆσος κατηυλεῖτο Plu. Ant. 56.

II subdued by a flute accompaniment, to be piped down, ridiculed

in Pass., [τὸν μονόχορδον κανόνα] παρέχειν ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι . . καταυλούμενον subdued by a flute accompaniment, Ptol. Harm. 2.12: metaph., to be piped down, ridiculed, γελώμενοι καὶ -ούμενοι Anon. ap. Suid., cf. Porph. Chr. 34.

III play on the flute, to have played to one as an accompaniment on the flute

c. acc. rei, play on the flute, τὰ μητρῷα Duris 16 J.:—Pass., to have played to one as an accompaniment on the flute, -ούμενοι πρὸς τῶν ἑπομένων τὰ μητρῷα μέλη D.H. 2.19.

In the wild

καταυλήσω · kataulēsō Euripides, Heracles 871
καταυλοῦσι · kataulousi Plato, Laws 790
καταυλεῖν · kataulein Plato, Republic 3.411 (DIORISIS sentence 1991)
καταυλούμενος · katauloumenos Plato, Republic 8.561 (DIORISIS sentence 5088)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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