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ἀάζω

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Ὁ δ' ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ → The unexamined life is not worth living

Plato, Apology of Socrates 38a
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Full diacritics: ἀάζω Medium diacritics: ἀάζω Low diacritics: αάζω Capitals: ΑΑΖΩ
Transliteration A: aázō Transliteration B: aazō Transliteration C: aazo Beta Code: a)a/zw

English (LSJ)

   A breathe with the mouth wide open, Arist.Pr.964a11. (Onomatopoeic word, for ἀἅζω, make the sound aha!)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1] (ἄω, ἄζω), (mit offnem Munde ausathmen), hauchen, Arist. Probl. 34, 7 dem φυσᾶν διὰ στενοῦ τοῦ στόματος entgegengesetzt, ὁ δὲ ἀάζων ἀθρόον ἐκπνεῖ S. auch ἄζω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀάζω: μελ. άσω, ἐκπνέω ἔχων τὸ στόμα ἀνοικτόν, ἐκπέμπω θερμὴν πνοὴν (χουχουλιάζω), καθὼς ὅταν θερμαίνωμεν τὰς χείρας ἡμῶν· ἀντίκειται δὲ τῷ φυσῶ· «φυσῶσι μὲν γὰρ ψυχρόν, ἀάζουσι δὲ θερμόν· ὁ μὲν γὰρ φυσῶν κινεῖ τὸν ἀέρα οὐκ ἀθρόως, ἀλλὰ διὰ στενοῦ τοῦ στόματος, ὁ δὲ ἀάζων ἀθρόον ἐκπνεῖ, διὸ θερμόν». Ἀριστοτέλ. Προβλ. λδ΄. 7.