ἀάζω
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
breathe with the mouth wide open, Arist.Pr.964a11. (Onomatopoeic word, for ἀἅζω, make the sound aha!)
Spanish (DGE)
exhalar el aliento καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο ... ἐγγύθεν μέν ἐστι θερμόν, ὥσπερ καὶ ὅταν ἀάζωμεν Arist.Mete.367b2, cf. Pr.964a16
•op. φυσᾶν Arist.Pr.964a11.
• Etimología: Tal vez onomat., rel. c. ἄζω, de ἆ; aunque tb. pudiera ponerse en rel. c. ἄημι q.u.
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.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀάζω: выдыхать (θερμόν Arst.).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: breathe with the mouth wide open (Arist.)
Derivatives: ἀασμός (Arist.).
Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]
Etymology: Prob. onomatopoetic (Schwyzer Mélanges Pedersen 73 A. 2). Differently Solmsen Unt. 284 (zu ἄημι).
See also: Cf. ἄζω, from ἆ (q.v.). ?
Frisk Etymology German
ἀάζω: {aázō}
Grammar: v.
Meaning: mit offenem Munde ausatmen (Arist.),
Derivative: davon ἀασμός (Arist.).
Etymology: Wohl onomatopoetisch (Schwyzer Mélanges Pedersen 73 A. 2). Anders Solmsen Unt. 284 (zu ἄημι). Vgl. ἄζω aus ἆ.
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