diaulos

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/daɪˈɔːlɒs//daɪˈaʊlɒs/

noun

An Ancient Greek wind instrument composed of two pipes connected at the base and often of different lengths, played similarly to an oboe.

OriginAncient Greek δίαυλος →
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Meanings

noundiaulos (plural diauloi)

plural diauloi

  1. historicalAn Ancient Greek wind instrument composed of two pipes connected at the base and often of different lengths, played similarly to an oboe.
  2. historicalarchitectureA peristyle round the great court of the palaestra.
  3. historicalA kind of Ancient Greek footrace.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδίαυλος
  2. Englishdiaulos

From Ancient Greek δίαυλος (díaulos) (equivalent to di- + aulos).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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