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αὖος

αὖος, dry

αὖος, η, ον, Att. αὗος, α, ον, also ος, ον Arist. Pr. 860a28, Philostr. VS 1.21.1:—
  • 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, AP 6.105 (Apollonid.); withered, στέφανος Ar. Eq. 534.
      • 2 of sound, αὖον ἀϋτεῖν or αὔειν give a dry, rasping sound, κόρυθες δʼ ἀμφʼ 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 IG 14.638 (Petelia), cf. GDI 4959a (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. BJ 1.19.5: 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. VS 1.20.2.
      • 9 αὔη ψυχὴ σοφωτάτη dub. in Heraclit. 118. (Cf. Lith. sauũsas ‘dry’, OE. séar.)

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