αὐαίνω

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. HP 3.7.1 (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.