dry,
αὐαίνω, Att.
αὑ-(cf.ἀφ-, ἐπαφ-αυαίνω),impf.(καθ-)αύαινον
Luc. Am. 12 :fut.
A.
αὐανῶ
S. El. 819
:aor. ηὔηναor αὔ-
Hdt. 4.172
,inf.
αὐῆναι
Hp. Mul. 1.84
,part.
αὐήνας
Id. Morb. 3.17
:— Pass. ,impf.
Ar. Fr. 613 :aor. ηὐάνθηνorαὐ-(v. infr.), ἐξ-
Hdt. 4.151
:fut. αὐανθή-σομαι(cf.ἀφ-):—but also Med.
αὐανοῦμαιin pass. sense, S. Ph. 954 : Mss. and editors differ with regard to the augm.: (v.αὔω):—dry, αὐανθέν(of a log of wood) Od. 9.321 ; αὐ. ἰχθῦς πρὸς ἥλιον
Hdt. 1.200
, 2.77 , cf. 92 , 4.172 ;αὐαίνεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ καύματος, διὰ ξηρότητα,
X. Oec. 16.14 , 19.11 , cf. An. 2.3.16 , etc.
2. wither,
Thphr. HP 3.7.1 ( Pass. ): metaph., εὐνομίη αὐαίνει ἄτης ἄνθεα
Sol. 4.36
; αὐανθεὶς πυθμήν
A. Ch. 260
;αὐανῶ βίονIshall wastelifeaway, pine away,
S. El. 819 :αὐανοῦμαιIshall wither away,
Id. Ph. 954 ; ηὑαινόμην θεώμενος
Ar. Fr. 613
.
II. intr.,to be dry,
μήτε ὑγραὶ μήτε λίαν αὐαίνουσαι
Hp. Mul. 1.17
.—The Act. is comparatively rare, esp. in Attic.
