adjective
MusicOf or relating to the aulos (in early use understood as being a flute or similar instrument); of, relating to, or characteristic of a player of such an instrument.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Nathan Bailey (d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster. From ancient Greek αὐλητικός of or for the aulos, (of the soul) suited to playing the aulos, in Hellenistic Greek also (of reeds) used for making auloi from αὐλητής + -ικός.
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