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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐλῳδός (aulōidós), from αὐλός (aulós, “pipe, flute”) + ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer”). The construction is parallel to citharoedus.
Noun
auloedus m (genitive auloedī); second declension
- a singer accompanied by a flute
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “auloedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auloedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auloedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.