αὐλή , ῆς: court - enclosure, court, court yard,
farm-yard; the αὐλή of a
mansion had gate-way, portico, stables, slave-quarters, altar, and
rotunda (θόλος); see table III. An αὐλή is attributed to the cabin of Eumaeus,
the swine-herd, Od. 14.5, to the tent
of Achilles, Il. 24.452, and even to
the cave of Polyphēmus, Od.
9.239.