The corpus record

ξηρότης

xerotes · ἡ

dryness, dryness, soundness

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Where it lives

De Sensu et Sensibilibus 4 · 5.12/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

dryness, dryness, soundness

dryness, Pl. R. 335d, X. Oec. 19.11 ; ἡ ξ. τῶν νεῶν the dryness, i.e. soundness, of their timbers, Th. 7.12.

2 drought

drought, Plu. QConv. 2.687f (pl.).

II drying, becoming dry

drying or becoming dry, τὸ τάχος τῆς ξ. Arist. Mete. 361b22.

III austerity, aridity

metaph., of character, austerity, Phld. Acad. Ind. p.51 M. ; of style, aridity, Longin. 3.3.

In the wild

ξηρότητος̓ · xērotētos Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 119)
ξηρότητἀ · xērotēta Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 124)
ξηρότητος · xērotētos Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 130)
ξηρότητος · xērotētos Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 154)
ξηρότητι · xērotēti Aristotle, Metaphysics book 8 (DIORISIS sentence 2151)
ξηρότητος · xērotētos Plato, Republic 1.335 (DIORISIS sentence 273)

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