αὐχμέω

English (LSJ)

(αὐχμός)

   A to be squalid or unwashed, αὐχμεῖς τε κακῶς καὶ ἀεικέα ἕσσαι Od.24.250, cf. Ar.Nu.442; to be parched, Pl.R.606d; αὐχμεῖ [φυτά] dry up, Thphr.HP4.10.7:—also αὐχμάω, part. αὐχμῶσαι interpol. in Hp.Prog.2; αὐχμώσης Arist.Mete.360b11; αὐχμῶντες Thphr.HP8.10.4; αὐχμῶντα Plu.2.187d, Luc.Vit.Auct.7; αὐχμῶσαν Id.Apol.6, etc.; Ep. αὐχμώοντα Nonn.D.26.108, etc.—αὐχμέω is always used exc. in part. acc. to Phryn.PSp.10B.; αὐχμᾷς is cited from Phryn.Com.76 by Poll.2.34; other forms are ambiguous, αὐχμῶν Ar.Pl.84, Anaxandr.34.6, Thphr.Char.26.5; αὐχμήσῃ Pl.Phdr. 251d. etc.

German (Pape)

[Seite 405] dürr, trocken sein, Plat. Phaedr. 251 d u. sonst; staubig, schmutzig, verwildert aussehen, Od. 24, 250; αὐχμῶν καὶ ῥυπῶν Anaxandr. Ath. VI, 242 d.