Αὖον
parched
Translated by William Hutton25 Mar 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] dry.1
Hesiod [writes]: "to cut the parched from the green."2
Also in the Epigrams: "and breaking off a chunk of parched bread, the poor-man's sacrifice."3
And elsewhere: "to some extent he was parched on account of fear, but otherwise the command from the god sustained the man."4
For 'I parch' [is] 'I defile', from the [verb]u(/w , which means 'I rain', [then] a)-u/+w with the alpha-privative, and au)/w by crasis.
Hesiod [writes]: "to cut the parched from the green."2
Also in the Epigrams: "and breaking off a chunk of parched bread, the poor-man's sacrifice."3
And elsewhere: "to some extent he was parched on account of fear, but otherwise the command from the god sustained the man."4
For 'I parch' [is] 'I defile', from the [verb]