Prov. xxi. 24. In Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down.) [Trench § xciii.]*
αὐθ-αίρετος, -ον, (fr. αὐτός and αἱρέομαι), self-chosen; in Grk. writ. esp. of states or conditions, as δουλεία, Thuc. 6, 40, etc., more rarely of persons; voluntary, of free choice, of one’s own accord, (as στρατηγός, Xen. an. 5, 7, 29, explained § 28 by ὃς ἑαυτὸν ἔληται): 2 Co. viii. 3, 17.*
αὐθεντέω, -ῶ; (a bibl. and eccl. word; fr. αὐθέντης contr. fr. αὐτοέντης, and this fr. αὐτός and ἔντεα arms [al. ἕντης, cf. Hesych. συνέντης· συνεργός; cf. Lobeck, Technol. p. 121]; hence a. acc. to earlier usage, one who with his own hand kills either others or himself. b. in later Grk. writ. one who does a thing himself, the author (τῆς πράξεως, Polyb. 23, 14, 2, etc.); one who acts on his own authority, autocratic, i. q. αὐτοκράτωρ an absolute master; cf. Lobeck ad Phryn. p. 120 [also as above; cf. W. § 2, 1 c.]); to govern one, exercise dominion over one: τινός, 1 Tim. ii. 12.*
αὐλέω, -ῶ: 1 aor. ηὔλησα; [pres. pass. ptcp. τὸ αὐλούμενον]; (αὐλός); to play on the flute, to pipe: Mt. xi. 17; Lk. vii. 32; 1 Co. xiv. 7. (Fr. [Alcm., Hdt.,] Xen. and Plat. down.)*
αὐλή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ἄω to blow; hence) prop. a place open to the air (διαπνεόμενος τόπος αὐλὴ λέγεται, Athen. 5, 15 p. 189 b.); 1. among the Greeks in Homer’s time an uncovered space around the house, enclosed by a wall, in which the stables stood (Hom. Od. 9, 185; Il. 4, 433); hence among the Orientals that roofless enclosure in the open country in which flocks were herded at night, a sheepfold: Jn. x. 1, 16. 2. the uncovered court-yard of the house, Hebr. חָצֵר, Sept. αὐλή, Vulg. atrium. In the O. T. particularly of the courts of the tabernacle and of the temple at Jerusalem; so in the N. T. once: Rev. xi. 2 (τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν ἔξωθεν [Rec.st ἔσωθεν] τοῦ ναοῦ). The dwellings of the higher classes usually had two αὐλαί, one exterior, between the door and the street, called also προαύλιον (q. v.); the other interior, surrounded by the buildings of the dwelling itself. The latter is mentioned Mt. xxvi. 69 (where ἔξω is opp. to the room in which the judges were sitting); Mk. xiv. 66; Lk. xxii. 55. Cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Häuser; [B. D. Am. ed. s. v. Court; BB.DD. s. v. House]. 3. the house itself, a palace: Mt. xxvi. 3, 58; Mk. xiv. 54; xv. 16; Lk. xi. 21; Jn. xviii. 15, and so very often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. Od. 4, 74 down [cf. Eustath. 1483, 39 τῷ τῆς αὐλῆς ὀνόματι τὰ δώματα δηλοῖ, Suid. col. 652 c. αὐλή· ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως οἰκία. Yet this sense is denied to the N. T. by Meyer et al.; see Mey. on Mt. l. c.].*
αὐλητής, -οῦ, ὁ, (αὐλέω), a flute-player: Mt. ix. 23; Rev. xviii. 22. (In Grk. writ. fr. [Theogn. and] Hdt. 6, 60 down.)*
αὐλίζομαι: depon.; impf. ηὐλιζόμην; 1 aor. ηὐλίσθην [Veitch s. v.; B. 51 (44); W. § 39, 2]; (αὐλή); in Sept. mostly for לוּן; 1. prop. to lodge in the court-yard esp. at night; of flocks and shepherds. 2. to pass the night in the open air, bivouac. 3. univ. to pass the night, lodge: so Mt. xxi. 17; Lk. xxi. 37 (ἐξερχόμενος ηὐλίζετο εἰς τὸ ὄρος, going out to pass the night he retired to the mountain; cf. Β. § 147, 15). (In Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down.)*
αὐλός, -οῦ, ὁ, (ἄω, αὔω), [fr. Hom. down], a pipe: 1 Co. xiv. 7. [Cf. Stainer, Music of the Bible, ch. v.]*
αὐξάνω, and earlier (the only form in Pind. and Soph. [Veitch s. v. says, ‘Hes. Mimnerm. Soph. Thuc. always have αὔξω or αὔξομαι, and Pind. except αὐξάνοι Fr. 130 (Bergk)’]) αὔξω (Eph. ii. 21; Col. ii. 19); impf. ηὔξανον; fut. αὐξήσω; 1 aor. ηὔξησα; [Pass., pres. αὐξάνομαι]; 1 aor. ηὐξήθην; 1. trans. to cause to grow, to augment: 1 Co. iii. 6 sq.; 2 Co. ix. 10. Pass. to grow, increase, become greater: Mt. xiii. 32; Mk. iv. 8 L T Tr WH; 2 Co. x. 15; Col. i. 6 [not Rec.]; εἰς τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ θεοῦ unto the knowledge of God, Col. i. 10 (G L T Tr WH τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ); εἰς σωτηρίαν [not Rec.] to the attaining of salvation, 1 Pet. ii. 2. 2. acc. to later usage (fr. Aristot. an. post. 1, 13 p. 78b, 6, etc., down; but nowhere in Sept. [cf. B. 54 (47); 145 (127); W. § 38, 1]) intrans. to grow, increase: of plants, Mt. vi. 28; Mk. iv. 8 Rec.; Lk. xii. 27 [not Tdf.; Tr mrg. br. αὐξ.]; Lk. xiii. 19; of infants, Lk. i. 80; ii. 40; of a multitude of people, Acts vii. 17. of inward Christian growth: εἰς Χριστόν, in reference to [W. 397 (371); yet cf. Ellic. ad loc.] Christ, Eph. iv. 15; εἰς ναόν, so as to form a temple, Eph. ii. 21; ἐν χάριτι, 2 Pet. iii. 18; with an acc. of the substance, τὴν αὔξησιν, Col. ii. 19 [cf. W. § 32, 2; B. § 131, 5, also Bp. Lghtft.’s note ad loc.]; of the external increase of the gospel it is said ὁ λόγος ηὔξανε: Acts vi. 7; xii. 24; xix. 20; of the growing authority of a teacher and the number of his adherents (opp. to ἐλαττοῦσθαι), Jn. iii. 30. [Comp.: συν-, ὑπερ-αυξάνω.]*
αὔξησις, -εως, ἡ, (αὔξω), increase, growth: Eph. iv. 16; τοῦ θεοῦ, effected by God, Col. ii. 19; cf. Meyer ad loc. ([Hdt.], Thuc., Xen., Plat., and subseq. writ.)*
αὔξω, see αὐξάνω.
αὔριον, adv., (fr. αὔρα the morning air, and this fr. αὔω to breathe, blow; [acc. to al. akin to ἠώς, Lat. aurora; Curtius § 613, cf. Vaniček p. 944]), to-morrow (Lat. cras): Mt. vi. 30; Lk. xii. 28; Acts xxiii. 15 Rec., 20; xxv. 22; 1 Co. xv. 32 (fr. Is. xxii. 13); σήμερον καὶ αὔριον, Lk. xiii. 32 sq.; Jas. iv. 13 [Rec.st G; al. σήμ. ἣ αὔρ.]. ἡ αὔριον sc. ἡμέρα [W. § 64, 5; B. § 123, 8] the morrow, Mt. vi. 34; Acts iv. 3; ἐπὶ τὴν αὔριον, on the morrow, i. e. the next morning, Lk. x. 35; Acts iv. 5; τὸ [L τὰ; WH om.] τῆς αὔριον, what the morrow will bring forth, Jas. iv. 14. [From Hom. down.]*
αὐστηρός, -ά, -όν, (fr. αὔω to dry up), harsh (Lat. austerus), stringent of taste, αὐστηρὸν καὶ γλυκὺ (καὶ πικρόν), Plat. lege. 10, 897 a.; οἶνος, Diog. Laërt. 7, 117. of mind and manners, harsh, rough, rigid, (cf. Trench § xiv.]: Lk. xix. 21, 22; (Polyb. 4, 20, 7; Diog. Laërt. 7, 26, etc. 2 Macc. xiv. 30).*
αὐτάρκεια, -ας, ἡ, (αὐτάρκης, q. ν.), a perfect condition of life, in which no aid or support is needed; equiv. to τελειότης κτήσεως ἀγαθῶν, Plat. def. p. 412 b.; often in Aristot. [defined by him (pol. 7, 5 init. p. 1326b, 29) as follows: τὸ πάντα ὑπάρχειν κ. δεῖσθαι μηθενὸς αὐτάρκες; cf. Bp. Lghtft. on Phil. iv. 11]; hence, a sufficiency of the
