αὐχμός

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A drought, Emp.111.6, Hdt.2.13,4.198, Hp.Aph.3.7: in pl., Th.1.23, Isoc.9.14, Plu.Num.13: metaph., ὥσπερ αὐχμός τις τῆς σοφίας drought, dearth of... Pl.Men.70c; so perh. αὐχμὸς τῶν σκευαρίων Ar.Pl.839.    2 effects of drought, squalor, μεστὰς αὐχμοῦ τε καὶ κόνεως Pl.R.614d.    3 of style, dryness, meagreness, D.H.Dem. 44.    4 thirst, D.Chr.7.152. (Perh. akin to αὖος.)