αὐχμός

auchmos

drought

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 7
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Book V 2
Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

553b20

Chapter 29 556a8–13

556a10
Book VIII 4
Chapter 18 601a23–601b8

601a27
601a31

Chapter 20 602b20–603a29

603a19
603a23
Book IX 1
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

627b20
Meteorology 6
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 344a5–345a10

344b20
Book II 5
Chapter 4 359b27–361b13

360b5
360b5
360b9

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366b8
368b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐχμός, ὁ, A. drought, Emp. 111.6, Hdt. 2.13,4.198, Hp. Aph. 3.7: in pl., Th. 1.23, Isoc. 9.14, Plu. Num. 13: metaph., ὥσπερ αὐχμός τις τῆς σοφίας drought, dearth of . . , Pl. Men. 70c; so perh. αὐχμὸς τῶν σκευαρίων Ar. Pl. 839. 2. effects of drought, squalor, μεστὰς αὐχμοῦ τε καὶ κόνεως Pl. R. 614d. 3. of style, dryness, meagreness, D.H. Dem. 44. 4. thirst, D.Chr. 7.152. (Perh. akin to αὖος.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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