Aulis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔːlɪs/, /ˈaʊlɪs/ Rhymes: -ɔːlɪs === Proper noun === Aulis (historical) An ancient port town in Boeotia, Greece, where, according to legend, the Greek fleet gathered to set off for Troy, and where Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Laius == Finnish == === Etymology === Coined from aulis (“helpful, generous”) perhaps in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯lis/, [ˈɑ̝u̯lis̠] Rhymes: -ɑulis Syllabification(key): Au‧lis Hyphenation(key): Au‧lis === Proper noun === Aulis a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Auli Aulikki ==== Statistics ==== Aulis is the 238th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,184 male individuals (and as a middle name to 8,410 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === === Anagrams === Sauli, lusia, siula, sulia == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.lis] === Proper noun === Aulis f sg (genitive Aulidis); third declension A town of Boeotiaon the Euripus, celebrated as the place from which the Grecian fleet set sail for Troy ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Aulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Aulis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Aulis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly