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ξηρός

xeros

dry, arid

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What it meant

1. ξηρός · xēros — Beekes

ξηρός [adj.] ‘dry, arid’ (A). «18? *ksero- ‘dry’> *COMP Many compounds, e.g. ξηρ-αλοιφέω [v.] ‘to rub dry with oil’ (Lex Solonis apud Plu. Sol. 1), composed of ξηρὸν ἀλείφειν (to "ξηρ-αλοιφός); ξηρόβηξ, -χος [m.] ‘dry cough’ (medic.), opposed to ὑγρό-βιηξ (Stromberg 1944: 100); κατά-, éni-Enpoc etc. (Hp., Arist.) beside kata-, ém-Enpaivw. *DER 1. ξηρότης, -ntoc [f.) ‘dryness’ (Att, Arist.); 2. Enpiov [n.J, ξηράφιον … — [Beekes, s.v. ξηρός, p. 1086]

2. ξηρός · xēros — Chantraine

ξηρός : «sec » opposé à ὑγρός, dit du lit d'un torrent, d'un fromage, des céréales, du foin, d'un corps desséché, d'un intestin constipé ; au figuré « sec, austère, dur s, dit des manières, d’une personne, etc.; dans la critique littéraire en mauvaise part, « sec, aride » (ion.-att., etc.) ; substantivé ἢ ξηρά «terre desséchée » et τὸ ξηρόν «le sec» où s'échoue un bateau. Sur l’histoire du mot, v. Hesseling, Sertum … — [Chantraine, s.v. ξηρός, p. 782]

3. ξηρός · xēros — Chantraine

ξηρός — 166 — sec (EM 557,27). Il n'y a rien à tirer de la glose ξήριγγοι : ποταμοὶ ἀεὶ ῥέοντες (Hsch.). Verbe dénominatif : ξηραίνω, -ομαι, fut. -ανῶ, -ανοῦμαι (ion.-att.), aor. ξηρᾶναι, -ἦναι (IL, ion.-att.), aor. passif -ανθῆναι (IL, ion.-att.), parf. pass. ἐξήρασμαι (ion.-att.), -αμμαι (hellén., etc.) « dessécher, être desséché » dit d’un paralytique (Ev. Mare 9,18) ; également avec des préverbes : ἀνα- (IL, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ξηρός, p. 783]

4. ξηρός · xēros — Frisk

ξηρός “trocken, dürr, saftlos’ (ion. att.; zur Bed.geschichte Hesseling Sertum Nabericum [Leiden 1908] 145ff.). Zahlreiche Kompp., 2.B. ξηρ-αλοιφέω “trocken salben’ (Lex Solonis ap. Plu. Sol. 1 u.a.), Zusammenbildung aus ξηρὸν ἀλείφειν (: Ἐξηρ-αλοιφός); vgl. Schwyzer 726; ξηρό-βηξ, -xos m. ‘trockner Husten’ (Mediz.; Gegensatz ὑγρό-βηξ; Strömberg Wortstudien 100); κατά-, ἐπί-ξηρος u.a. (Hp., Arist. u.a.) neben xara-, … — [Frisk, s.v. ξηρός, p. 1308]

5. ξηρός · xēros — LSJ

dry, dry, ripe, solid, hay, dried, dry, by the use of dry powder

dry, opp. ὑγρός, of a dried-up river, Hdt. 5.45 ; χειμάρρους ξηροὺς ὕδατος Arr. An. 4.3.2 ; ἠὴρ ξ. Hdt. 2.26 ; ξ. ἄνεμος Ar. Nu. 404 ; ξηροῖς ἀκλαύτοις ὄμμασιν A. Th. 696; ὀμμάτων ξ. κόραι E. Or. 389 ; μέτρα ξ. τε καὶ ὑγρά dry and liquid measures, Pl. Lg. 746d ; ὕλη αὔη καὶ ξ. ib. 761d ; ξ. γάλα, i.e. ripe cheese, Eust. 1001.51 (cf. περίξηρος) ; so τυρὸς ξ., opp. τυρὸς χλωρός, Antiph. 133.7, cf. Philox. 3.8; ἐν ξηροῖσιν ἐκτρέφειν on solid food, i.e. cereals, E. Ba. 277 ; καρπὸς ξ., i.e. cereal,

2 withered, lean, costive

of bodily condition, withered, lean, δέμας E. El. 239 ; ξηρὸς ὑπαὶ δείους Theoc. 24.61 ; ξ. κοιλίη costive, Hp. Aph. 2.20.

3

of the voice, cf. ξηρόφωνος.

II fasting, austere, harsh

fasting: hence, generally, austere, τρόποι Ar. V. 1452 (lyr.); of persons, Antiph. 16 ; harsh, opp. ἡδύς, E. Andr. 784 (lyr.).

2 aridity

metaph., of style, πραγματεία ἀτερπὴς καὶ ξ. Epicur. Fr. 505 (p.358 U.); τὸ ξ. aridity, Demetr. Eloc. 238 ; of critics, ξηροὶ Καλλιμάχου πρόκυνες AP 11.322 (Antiphan.).

III dry land, aground, the part, left dry

as Subst. ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ), dry land, opp. ὑγρά, X. Oec. 19.7 (also Comp. ξηροτέρα γῆ ib. 6), cf. Ev.Matt. 23.15, etc. ; τὸ ξηρόν Hdt. 2.68 ; ναῦς ἐπὶ τοῦ ξηροῦ ποιεῖν to leave the ships aground, Th. 1.109 ; ναῦς ἐς τὸ ξ. ἐξωθεῖν Id. 8.105 ; τὸ ξ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ the part of its bed left dry, X. Cyr. 7.5.18: for Theoc. 1.51 v. ἀκράτιστος.

2 room for dry heat

ξηρά, ἡ, in a bath-house, room for dry heat, POxy. 2145.12 (ii A.D.).

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