A.“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.HP3.7.1 (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.