αὐχμέω-ῶ (seul. prés. et ao.) être sec ou poudreux, d’où être sale, OD. 24, 250 ; AR. Nub. 442 ; PLAT. Rsp. 606 d, etc.

Étym. αὐχμός.

(< αὐχμός) to be squalid or unwashed, αὐχμεῖς τε κακῶς καὶ ἀεικέα ἕσσαι Od. 24.250, cf. Ar. Nu. 442; to be parched, Pl. R. 606d; αὐχμεῖ [φυτά] dry up, Thphr. HP 4.10.7; — also αὐχμάω, part. αὐχμῶσαι interpol. in Hp. Prog. 2; αὐχμώσης Arist. Mete. 360b11; αὐχμῶντες Thphr. HP 8.10.4; αὐχμῶντα Plu. 2.187d, Luc. Vit. Auct. 7; αὐχμῶσαν Id. Apol. 6, etc. ; Ep. αὐχμώοντα Nonn. D. 26.108, etc. — αὐχμέω is always used exc. in part. acc. to Phryn. PS p. 10B. ; αὐχμᾷς is cited from Phryn.Com. 76 by Poll. 2.34; other forms are ambiguous, αὐχμῶν Ar. Pl. 84, Anaxandr. 34.6, Thphr. Char. 26.5; αὐχμήσῃ Pl. Phdr. 251d. etc.

dürr, trocken sein, Plat. Phaedr. 251d u. sonst ; staubig, schmutzig, verwildert aussehen, Od. 24.250 ; αὐχμῶν καὶ ῥυπῶν Anaxandr. Ath. VI.242d.