αὐχμέω

auchmeo

to be squalid

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 5
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Book II 5
Chapter 4 359b27–361b13

361b9

Chapter 7 365a14–365b20

365b9
365b10

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366b3
366b7
History of Animals 4
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Book V 1
Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

553b21
Book VI 1
Chapter 16 570a3–24

570a10
Book VIII 1
Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

602a15
Book IX 1
Chapter 41 627b23–628b31

628b9
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14

1112a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐχμέω, (αὐχμός) A. 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. PSp.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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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