αὐχμηρός, ά, όν,
dry, without rain, χειμών[[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.11, compare “Aër.” 10; ἔτη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 605b19; ἔαρ [prev. author] “Pr.” 860a13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of places, dry, parched, τόποι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 761b (_superlative_),cf. NT.2Pet.1.19; χωρία 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.10, etc.; καρποί 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.53. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__b parching, νόσοι[[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 121.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 dry, rough, squalid, οὖδας[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 947; σκληρὸς καὶ αὐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of hair (compare {αὐχμηροκόμης}), [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 475, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 387, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.225; βίος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 1] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ρῶς, ἔχειν τοῦ προσώπου[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.10. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 miserable, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.169: with _genitive_, βιότοιο [prev. work] 454: irregular _superlative_ αὐχμότατος] Refs 4th c.AD+] uncertain reading in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 169.] Refs 5th c.BC+]