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.HP4.10.7:—also αὐχμάω , part. αὐχμῶσαι interpol. in Hp.Prog.2; “αὐχμώσης” Arist.Mete.360b11; “αὐχμῶντες” Thphr.HP8.10.4; “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.
αὐχμέω , (αὐχμός)