αὖος

English (LSJ)

η, ον, Att. αὖος, α, ον, also ος, ον Arist.Pr.860a28, Philostr. VS1.21.1:—

   A dry, ξύλον a pole, Il.23.327; αὖα παλαί, περίκηλα, of timber, Od.5.240, cf. Pl.Lg.761c; αὔην καὶ διερὴν ἀρόων (sc. γῆν) Hes.Op.460; βόας αὔας shields of ox-hide, Il.12.137, cf. 17.493; so, of hippopotamus' hide, Hdt.2.71; τρύφος ἄρτου stale, AP6.105 (Apollonid.); withered, στέφανος Ar.Eq.534.    2 of sound, αὖον ἀϋτεῖν or αὔειν give a dry, rasping sound, κόρυθες δ' ἀμφ' αὖον ἀΰτευν Il.12.160; αὖον ἄϋσεν [θώρηξ] 13.441; αὖον δέ μοι οἶκος ἀϋτεῖ prob. in Epic. Oxy. 1794.8.    3 αὖον ἀπὸ χλωροῦ τάμνειν, i. e. to cut the nail from the quick, Hes.Op.743.    4 drained dry, exhausted, Alex.158, Theoc.8.48 (Comp.), prob. in Ant.Lib.24.1.    5 thirsty, δίψῃ αὔη IG14.638 (Petelia), cf. GDI4959a (Eleutherna), Luc.Luct.8.    6 trembling, shivering (like a dry leaf), of the aged, Ar.Lys.385; esp. of fear, αὖός εἰμι τῷ δέει Men.Epit.480, cf.Pk.163, J.BJ1.19.5: abs., ib.6.4.2, Hld.1.12.    7 metaph., 'stony broke', without money, Luc. Tox. 16, DMeretr.14.1, Alciphr.3.70.    8 of lit. style, dry, ἰδέα λόγων Philostr.VS1.20.2.    9 αὔη ψυχὴ σοφωτάτη dub. in Heraclit.118. (Cf. Lith. sauũsas 'dry', OE. séar.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 394] η, ον, att. αὗος, dürr, trocken, Bäume, Schiffsbauholz Od. 5, 240; Her. 2, 92; ὕλη αὔη καὶ ξηρά Plat. Legg. VI, 761 c; βόες αὐότεραι Theocr. 8, 48; αὖον ἀυτεῖν, krachend ertönen, wie wenn dürres Holz gespalten wird, Il. 12, 160; von einem abgelebten Greise, Ar. Lys. 385; ausgesogen, verarmt, Luc. D. Mer. 14; vgl. Tox. 16; vor Furcht erstarrt, Heliod. 1, 12; auch = durstig.