αὖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, Att. [[αὖος]], α, ον, also ος, ον Arist.''Pr.''860a28, Philostr. ''VS''1.21.1:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dry]], [[ξύλον]] a [[pole]], Il.23.327; <b class="b3">αὖα παλαί, περίκηλα</b>, of [[timber]], Od.5.240, cf. Pl.''Lg.''761c; <b class="b3">αὔην καὶ διερὴν ἀρόων</b> (''[[sc.]]'' γῆν) Hes.''Op.''460; <b class="b3">βόας αὔας</b> [[shield]]s of [[ox-hide]], Il.12.137, cf. 17.493; so, of hippopotamus' hide, Hdt.2.71; τρύφος ἄρτου [[stale]], AP6.105 (Apollonid.); [[withered]], στέφανος [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''534.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[sound]], <b class="b3">αὖον ἀϋτεῖν</b> or [[αὔειν]] [[give]] a [[dry]], [[rasp]]ing [[sound]], κόρυθες δ' ἀμφ' αὖον ἀΰτευν Il.12.160; <b class="b3">αὖον ἄϋσεν [θώρηξ]</b> 13.441; <b class="b3">αὖον δέ μοι οἶκος ἀϋτεῖ</b> prob. in Epic. ''Oxy.'' 1794.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">αὖον ἀπὸ χλωροῦ τάμνειν</b>, i.e. to cut the nail from the quick, Hes.''Op.''743.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[drained dry]], [[exhausted]], Alex.158, Theoc.8.48 (Comp.), prob. in Ant.Lib.24.1.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[thirsty]], δίψῃ αὔη ''IG''14.638 (Petelia), cf. ''GDI''4959a (Eleutherna), Luc.''Luct.''8.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[trembling]], [[shivering]] (like a [[dry]] [[leaf]]), of the [[aged]], Ar.''Lys.''385; especially of fear, αὖός εἰμι τῷ δέει Men.''Epit.''480, cf.''Pk.''163, J.''BJ''1.19.5: abs., ib.6.4.2, Hld.1.12.<br><span class="bld">7</span> metaph., '[[stony broke]]', [[without money]], Luc. ''Tox.'' 16, ''DMeretr.''14.1, Alciphr.3.70.<br><span class="bld">8</span> of lit. style, [[dry]], ἰδέα λόγων Philostr.''VS''1.20.2.<br><span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">αὔη ψυχὴ σοφωτάτη</b> dub. in Heraclit.118. (Cf. Lith. sauũsas '[[dry]]', OE. séar.)