diaulos

English

Noun

diaulos (plural diauloi)

  1. (historical) An Ancient Greek wind instrument composed of two pipes connected at the base and often of different lengths, played similarly to an oboe.
  2. (architecture, historical) A peristyle round the great court of the palaestra.
  3. (historical) A kind of Ancient Greek footrace.
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