Quick Definition
αὐχμηρός, ά, όν Adj dingy, dusky, obscure, dark, funereal
Strong's Definition
from auchmos (probably from a base akin to that of 109) (dust, as dried by wind); properly, dirty, i.e. (by implication) obscure
KJV Usage: dark
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αὐχμηρός, -d, -όν, (αὐχμέω to be squalid), squalid, dirty, (Xen., Plat., sqq.), and since dirty things are destitute of brightness, dark: 2 Pet. i. 19, Aristot. de color. 3 τὸ λαμπρὸν ἢ στίλβον... ἢ τοὐναντίον αὐχμηρὸν καὶ ἀλαμπές. (Hesych., Suidas, Pollux.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αὐχμηρός auchmēros 1x
squalid, filthy; by impl. dark, obscure, murky, 2 Pet. 1:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* αὐχμηρός, -ά, -όν
(< αὐχμός, drought);
dry.
squalid, dismal: II Pe 1:19 (MM, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αὐχμηρός. We can quote only verse parallels for this word of 2 Peter (cf. Apoc Petr 6). abel 548, a pretty epitaph on a boy of 16 (Nemausus in Gaul—Nismes) begins after Latin dedication— ἔΑνθεα πολλὰ γένοιτο νεοδμήτῳ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ, μὴ βάτος αὐχμηρή, μὴ κακὸν αἰγίπυρον. The epithet will imply “dark,” “funereal’’ colour. The combination quoted by Grimm from Aristotle recurs in Kazbel 4315 (Antioch, not before ii/A.p.)— κεῖμαι és [αὐϊχμηροὺς kal ἀλαμπέας ᾿Αίδος εὐνάς.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αὐχμηρός (auchmēros) — dingy. αὐχμηρός, ά, όν, dry, without rain, χειμών[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of places, dry, parched, τόποι[NT+5th c.BC+] __b parching, νόσοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. dry, rough, squalid, οὖδας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of hair (compare {αὐχμηροκόμης}), [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ρῶς, ἔχειν τοῦ προσώπου[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. miserable, [Refs 4th c.AD+] uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]