hydraulusn.

/hʌɪˈdrɔːləs/

Forms: Also hydraulis.

Etymology: Latin, < Greek ὕδραυλος hydraulic organ (compare αὐλός pipe).

Music.

A type of water organ popular in classical times; = hydraulic organ n. at hydraulic adj. and n. Special uses.

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1874 W. Chappell Hist. Mus. I. xiii. 328 Philōn defines..a kind of ‘syrinx played by the hands, which we call hydraulis’.

1903 C. F. A. Williams Story of Organ ii. 35 Sylvester made an organ that was played by ‘warm water’; this was..the hydraulus.

1934 Times Educ. Suppl. 27 Jan. p. iv/2 [The Albert Hall organ] has..been heard as an accompaniment to choral singing, and, like the hydraulus in the Roman amphitheatres of old, to gladiatorial spectacles.

1970 Oxf. Compan. Music (ed. 10) 496/2 Hydraulus, hydraulis, or water organ. This is the most ancient form of organ known.

1970 Oxf. Compan. Music (ed. 10) 496/2 In general appearance the hydraulus is like any small organ of today.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hydraulus
释义	hydraulusn. /hʌɪˈdrɔːləs/ Forms: Also hydraulis. Etymology: Latin, < Greek ὕδραυλος hydraulic organ (compare αὐλός pipe). Music. A type of water organ popular in classical times; = hydraulic organ n. at hydraulic adj. and n. Special uses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [noun] > water-organ water organa1387 hydraulicon1570 hydraulic1626 hydraulus1874 1874 W. Chappell Hist. Mus. I. xiii. 328 Philōn defines..a kind of ‘syrinx played by the hands, which we call hydraulis’. 1903 C. F. A. Williams Story of Organ ii. 35 Sylvester made an organ that was played by ‘warm water’; this was..the hydraulus. 1934 Times Educ. Suppl. 27 Jan. p. iv/2 [The Albert Hall organ] has..been heard as an accompaniment to choral singing, and, like the hydraulus in the Roman amphitheatres of old, to gladiatorial spectacles. 1970 Oxf. Compan. Music (ed. 10) 496/2 Hydraulus, hydraulis, or water organ. This is the most ancient form of organ known. 1970 Oxf. Compan. Music (ed. 10) 496/2 In general appearance the hydraulus is like any small organ of today. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1874
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