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Askaulēs (m)

(with) definite article: o

original: ἀσκαύλης (ο) [?]

(the) piper

any person who plays some kind of bagpipe (&c.)

Identical types: 127

From a 2nd century fragmentary text; NB: Podnos ignorantly misinterprets the term as an ancient synonym of Askaulos (bagpipe [synonym of Askavlos]).

Ascades, Ascaula, Ascaules, Ascaulos, Kalamaulēs, Kalamaulētēs, Thrinaulēs

Sources

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.64 (ἀσκαύλ[ης]).

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.22 (»Brücker).