The corpus record

ξηρ-ᾰσία

xerasia · ἡ

desiccation

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Where it lives

Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 3 · 2.05/10k
Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
Ezechiel 2 · 0.69/10k

What it meant — LSJ

desiccation, keeping dry, drying

desiccation, Hp. Morb. 1.18, Antiph. 231.7, Arist. Mete. 384a11 ; keeping dry, Thphr. HP 7.2.2 ; drying of hay, PTeb. 441 (i A.D.), etc.

2 dryness, dry

dryness, τοῦ περιέχοντος Str. 2.3.7; τοῦ καυλοῦ Dsc. 2.142, cf. LXX Jd. 6.37 ; ξηρασίαν λαμβάνειν become dry, Agatharch. 34.

3 drought

drought, Gp. 1.8.13 (pl.).

In the wild

ξηρασίᾳ · xērasiai Septuaginta, Esdras II 19
ξηρασίᾳ · xērasiai Septuaginta, Ezechiel 17
ξηρασίας · xērasias Septuaginta, Ezechiel 40
ξηρασία · xērasia Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 6
ξηρασία · xērasia Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 6
ξηρασία · xērasia Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 6

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