- αὖος
- αὖος, η, ον, [dialect] Att. [full] αὖος, α, ον, also ος, ον Arist.Pr.860a28, Philostr. VS1.21.1:—A dry,
ξύλον
a pole,Il.
23.327; αὖα παλαί, περίκηλα, of timber, Od.5.240, cf. Pl.Lg.761c; αὔην καὶ διερὴν ἀρόων (sc. γῆν) Hes.Op.460; βόας αὔας shields of ox-hide, Il.12.137, cf. 17.493; so, of hippopotamus' hide, Hdt.2.71;τρύφος ἄρτου
stale,AP
6.105 (Apollonid.); withered,στέφανος Ar.Eq.534
.2 of sound, αὖον ἀϋτεῖν or αὔειν give a dry, rasping sound,κόρυθες δ' ἀμφ' αὖον ἀΰτευν Il.12.160
; αὖον ἄϋσεν [θώρηξ] 13.441; αὖον δέ μοι οἶκος ἀϋτεῖ prob. in Epic. Oxy. 1794.8.3 αὖον ἀπὸ χλωροῦ τάμνειν, i. e. to cut the nail from the quick, Hes.Op.743.4 drained dry, exhausted, Alex.158, Theoc.8.48 ([comp] Comp.), prob. in Ant.Lib.24.1.5 thirsty,δίψῃ αὔη IG14.638
([place name] Petelia), cf. GDI4959a ([place name] Eleutherna), Luc.Luct.8.6 trembling, shivering (like a dry leaf), of the aged, Ar.Lys.385; esp. of fear,αὖός εἰμι τῷ δέει Men.Epit.480
, cf.Pk.163, J.BJ1.19.5: abs., ib.6.4.2, Hld.1.12.7 metaph., 'stony broke', without money, Luc. Tox. 16, DMeretr.14.1, Alciphr.3.70.8 of lit. style, dry,ἰδέα λόγων Philostr.VS1.20.2
.9 αὔη ψυχὴ σοφωτάτη dub. in Heraclit.118. (Cf. Lith. sauũsas 'dry', OE. séar.)
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