Aulis

See also: aulis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlɪs/, /ˈaʊlɪs/

Proper noun

Aulis

1. (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

an ancient Greek port-town

Armenian: Ավլիս (hy) (Avlis) French: Aulis (fr) German: Aulis Greek: Ancient: Αὐλίς (Aulís) Latin: Aulis Russian: Авли́да (Avlída) Ukrainian: Авліда (Avlida)

Anagrams

• Laius

Finnish

Etymology

19th century creation from aulis (“helpful, generous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯lis/, [ˈɑ̝u̯lis̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑulis
• Syllabification^(key): Au‧lis
• Hyphenation^(key): Au‧lis

Proper noun

Aulis

1. a male given name
   • 2009, Kirsti Ellilä, Pappia kyydissä, Karisto, →ISBN, page 9:

     Aulis hymyili ja pudisti päätään, mutta tajusin, ettei hän voisi kieltää lapsilta taloa. [ - - - ] Hän oli nimensä veroinen mies ja perheenisä: antelias, hyväsydäminen, avulias ja valmis tekemään kaikkensa perheen onnen eteen.

     Aulis smiled and shook his head, but I realized that he couldn't forbid his children from getting the house. [ - - - ] He was a man worthy of his name, a family father: generous, goodhearted, helpful and ready to do anything for his family.

Declension

Inflection of Aulis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		Aulis	Aulikset
genitive		Auliksen	Aulisten Auliksien
partitive		Aulista	Auliksia
illative		Aulikseen	Auliksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Aulis	Aulikset
accusative	nom.	Aulis	Aulikset
	gen.	Auliksen
genitive		Auliksen	Aulisten Auliksien
partitive		Aulista	Auliksia
inessive		Auliksessa	Auliksissa
elative		Auliksesta	Auliksista
illative		Aulikseen	Auliksiin
adessive		Auliksella	Auliksilla
ablative		Aulikselta	Auliksilta
allative		Aulikselle	Auliksille
essive		Auliksena	Auliksina
translative		Aulikseksi	Auliksiksi
abessive		Auliksetta	Auliksitta
instructive		—	Auliksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Aulis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Aulikseni Aulikseni accusative nom. Aulikseni Aulikseni gen. Aulikseni genitive Aulikseni Aulisteni Auliksieni partitive Aulistani Auliksiani inessive Auliksessani Auliksissani elative Auliksestani Auliksistani illative Aulikseeni Auliksiini adessive Auliksellani Auliksillani ablative Aulikseltani Auliksiltani allative Aulikselleni Auliksilleni essive Auliksenani Auliksinani translative Auliksekseni Auliksikseni abessive Auliksettani Auliksittani instructive — — comitative — Auliksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Auliksesi Auliksesi accusative nom. Auliksesi Auliksesi gen. Auliksesi genitive Auliksesi Aulistesi Auliksiesi partitive Aulistasi Auliksiasi inessive Auliksessasi Auliksissasi elative Auliksestasi Auliksistasi illative Aulikseesi Auliksiisi adessive Auliksellasi Auliksillasi ablative Aulikseltasi Auliksiltasi allative Auliksellesi Auliksillesi essive Auliksenasi Auliksinasi translative Aulikseksesi Auliksiksesi abessive Auliksettasi Auliksittasi instructive — — comitative — Auliksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Auliksemme Auliksemme accusative nom. Auliksemme Auliksemme gen. Auliksemme genitive Auliksemme Aulistemme Auliksiemme partitive Aulistamme Auliksiamme inessive Auliksessamme Auliksissamme elative Auliksestamme Auliksistamme illative Aulikseemme Auliksiimme adessive Auliksellamme Auliksillamme ablative Aulikseltamme Auliksiltamme allative Auliksellemme Auliksillemme essive Auliksenamme Auliksinamme translative Aulikseksemme Auliksiksemme abessive Auliksettamme Auliksittamme instructive — — comitative — Auliksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Auliksenne Auliksenne accusative nom. Auliksenne Auliksenne gen. Auliksenne genitive Auliksenne Aulistenne Auliksienne partitive Aulistanne Auliksianne inessive Auliksessanne Auliksissanne elative Auliksestanne Auliksistanne illative Aulikseenne Auliksiinne adessive Auliksellanne Auliksillanne ablative Aulikseltanne Auliksiltanne allative Auliksellenne Auliksillenne essive Auliksenanne Auliksinanne translative Aulikseksenne Auliksiksenne abessive Auliksettanne Auliksittanne instructive — — comitative — Auliksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Auliksensa Auliksensa accusative nom. Auliksensa Auliksensa gen. Auliksensa genitive Auliksensa Aulistensa Auliksiensa partitive Aulistaan Aulistansa Auliksiaan Auliksiansa inessive Auliksessaan Auliksessansa Auliksissaan Auliksissansa elative Auliksestaan Auliksestansa Auliksistaan Auliksistansa illative Aulikseensa Auliksiinsa adessive Auliksellaan Auliksellansa Auliksillaan Auliksillansa ablative Aulikseltaan Aulikseltansa Auliksiltaan Auliksiltansa allative Aulikselleen Auliksellensa Auliksilleen Auliksillensa essive Auliksenaan Auliksenansa Auliksinaan Auliksinansa translative Auliksekseen Aulikseksensa Auliksikseen Auliksiksensa abessive Auliksettaan Auliksettansa Auliksittaan Auliksittansa instructive — — comitative — Auliksineen Auliksinensa

Related terms

• Auli
• Aulikki

Statistics

• Aulis is the 238^th 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.

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

1. 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.

	singular
nominative	Aulis
genitive	Aulidis
dative	Aulidī
accusative	Aulidem
ablative	Aulide
vocative	Aulis
locative	Aulidī Aulide

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