αὐχμηρός

auchmeros

dry, without rain

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book I 1
Chapter 17 496a4–497b2

497a2
Book III 2
Chapter 17 520a6–520b2

520a28

Chapter 20 521b4–522b5

522a24
Book VIII 1
Chapter 27 605b6–21

605b19
Book IX 1
Chapter 45 630a18–630b17

630a29
On Colours 1
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Chapter 3 792b33–794a15

793a11
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

743b10
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 652a24–653b18

652b1
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 3 807a31–808b10

807b2
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2

1413a10

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐχμηρός, ά, όν, A. dry, without rain, χειμών Hp. Aph. 3.11, cf. Aër. 10; ἔτη Arist. HA 605b19; ἔαρ Id. Pr. 860a13; of places, dry, parched, τόποι Pl. Lg. 761b (Sup.), cf. 2 Ep.Pet. 1.19; χωρία Thphr. HP 9.11.10, etc.; καρποί D.S. 2.53. b. parching, νόσοι Emp. 121.3. 2. dry, rough, squalid, οὖδας E. Alc. 947; σκληρὸς καὶ αὐ. Pl. Smp. 203d; esp. of hair (cf. foreg.), S. Fr. 475, E. Or. 387, Theoc. 25.225; βίος Luc. Salt. 1. Adv.-ρῶς, ἔχειν τοῦ προσώπου Philostr. VA 4.10. 3. miserable, Man. 2.169: c. gen., βιότοιο ib.454: irreg. Sup. αὐχμότατος dub. l. in Pl.Com. 169.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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