αὐχμέω

auchmeo

to be squalid

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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606d5
614d6
Phaedrus 1
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251d1
Timaeus 1
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84a4

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.

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