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αὐαίνω

αὐαίνω, to dry, to wither away

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αὐαίνουσι present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of αὐαίνω

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αὐαίνω, Att. αὑ- (cf. ἀφ-, ἐπαφ-αυαίνω), impf. (καθ-) αύαινον Luc. Am. 12: fut. αὐανῶ S. El. 819: aor. ηὔηνα or αὔ- Hdt. 4.172, inf. αὐῆναι Hp. Mul. 1.84, part. αὐήνας Id. Morb. 3.17:—Pass., impf. Ar. Fr. 613: aor. ηὐάνθην or αὐ- (v. infr.), ἐξ- Hdt. 4.151: fut. αὐανθή-σομαι (cf. ἀφ-):—but also Med. αὐανοῦμαι in 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 βίον I shall waste life away, pine away, S. El. 819: αὐανοῦμαι I shall 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.

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