A.of or belonging to the court, ἐπ᾽ αὐλείῃσι θύρῃσι at the door of the court, i.e. the outer door, house-door, Od.11.239, cf. Pi.N.1.19, Hdt.6.69; “αὔλειοι θύραι” Sol.4.28; “ἐπὶ προθύροις . . οὐδοῦ ἐπ᾽ αὐλείου” Od.1.104; “ἐκτὸς αὐ. πυλῶν” S. Ant.18; “πρὸς αὐλείοισιν ἑστηκὼς πύλαις” E.Hel.438: sg., “ἡ αὔλειος θύρα” Lys.1.17, Pl.Smp.212c, Thphr.Char.28.3, Men.546; “ἡ αὐλεία θύρα” IG11(2).287 A 146 (Delos, iii B. C.), Thphr.Char.18.4; ἡ αὐλεία alone, Ar.Pax982, Fr.255, SIG2587.122; “ἡ αὔλειος” Plu.Pomp.46, 2.516f, Luc.Tox.17; “αἱ αὔλειοι” Plb.5.76.4.
αὔλειος , α, ον, sts. also ος, ον (cf. infr.):—