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ξηρ-αντικός

xerantikos

causing to dry up

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What it meant — LSJ

causing to dry up, by drying

causing to dry up, c. gen., πνεύμονος Hp. Acut. 16, 22 : abs., ξ. [χυλός] Thphr. CP 6.1.3 ; ξ. δίαιτα Diocl. Fr. 141, cf. Arist. Pr. 925a34 (Comp.) ; ξ. δύναμις Dsc. 1.13. Adv. -κῶς by drying. Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 5.28.23.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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