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αὗος, η, ον :
I sec, desséché (bois, terre, fruit,
etc.) OD.
5, 240 ; HÉS.
O. 458 ; HDT.
2, 71 ; PLAT.
Leg. 761 c,
etc. ; en parl. de pers. (d’un vieillard) AR.
Lys. 385 ; αὖον ἀϋτεῖν, IL.
12, 160 ; 13, 441, résonner d’un bruit sec ;
II p. anal. : 1 qui est à sec, pauvre, LUC.
Tox. 16 ; D. mer. 14, 1 ; ALCIPHR.
3, 70 ; 2 pétrifié de surprise
ou d’effroi, JOS.
B.J. 1, 19, 5 ; HLD.
1, 12 ; 10, 13 ; 3 en parl. du style, sec, maigre, PHILSTR.
V. soph. 1, 21.
• Cp. -ότερος, THCR. Idyl. 8, 48. • Sup. -ότατος, PAUS. 7, 18, 11.
➳ Fém. αὖος, ARSTT. Probl. 1, 9 ; PHILSTR. l. c.
Étym. indo-europ. *h₂s-us-, sec ; cf. αὐσταλέος, αὐστηρός.
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LSJ
η, ον, Att. αὖος, 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. 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. αὖον ἀπὸ χλωροῦ τάμνειν, i.e. to cut the nail from the quick, Hes. Op. 743.
drained dry, exhausted, Alex. 158, Theoc. 8.48 (Comp.), prob. in Ant.Lib. 24.1.
thirsty, δίψῃ αὔη IG 14.638 (Petelia), cf. GDI 4959a (Eleutherna), Luc. Luct. 8.
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. metaph, ΄stony broke΄, without money, Luc. Tox. 16, DMeretr. 14.1, Alciphr. 3.70. of lit. style, dry, ἰδέα λόγων Philostr. VS 1.20.2. αὔη ψυχὴ σοφωτάτη dub. in Heraclit. 118. (Cf. Lith. sauũsas ΄dry΄, OE. séar.)
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)
Pape
η, ον, att. αὗος, dürr, trocken, Bäume, Schiffsbauholz Od. 5.240 ; Her. 2.92 ; ὕλη αὔη καὶ ξηρά Plat. Legg. VI.761c ; 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 ; durstig.
Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)