ἐπαυχμέω
From LSJ
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
English (LSJ)
send drought upon, τυραννίδι Ζεὺς ἐπαυχμήσας S.Fr. 524.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 907] dürr u. trocken sein, Ζεὺς ἐπαυχμήσας, der trocknes Wetter sandte, Ggstz von ὑέτιες, Soph. frg. 470.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπαυχμέω: πέμπω ἢ προξενῶ αὐχμόν, ξηρασίαν, Ζεὺς οὔτ’ ἐξεπομβρῶν οὔτ’ ἐπαυχμήσας Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 470.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπαυχμέω: насылать засуху (Ζεὺς ἐπαυχμήσας Soph.).