ξηρὸς ὑπαὶ δείους

ξηρός, ά, όν,

A 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, opp. κ. ξύλινος, produce of trees, i. e. fruit, wine, or oil, Pl. Criti. 115b ;

ξ. χόρτος

hay,

PPetr.3p.181

(iii B.C.) ; φοῖνιξ ξ. dried dates, PSI1.33.14 (ii A.D.); ξ. καρποί, opp. οἶνος, ἔλαιον, Arr.Epict.2.23.5 ; ξ. πυρίαι applications of dry heat, Hp.Acut.21, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.621 ; cf. ξηροπυρία. Adv.

ξηρῶς

by the use of dry powder,

Hp.Epid. 6.3.13

(s.v.l.).

2 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: hence, generally, austere,

τρόποι Ar.V. 1452

(lyr.); of persons, Antiph.16 ; harsh, opp. ἡδύς, E.Andr. 784 (lyr.).

2 metaph., of style,

πραγματεία ἀτερπὴς καὶ ξ. Epicur.Fr. 505

(p.358 U.);

τὸ ξ.

aridity,

Demetr. Eloc. 238

; of critics,

ξηροὶ Καλλιμάχου πρόκυνες AP11.322

(Antiphan.).

III as Subst. ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ), dry land, opp. ὑγρά, X.Oec.19.7 (also [comp] 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 ξηρά, ἡ, in a bath-house, room for dry heat, POxy.2145.12 (ii A.D.).

ξηραίνω (ξηρός) fut. ξηρανῶ LXX; 1 aor. ἐξήρανα. Pass.: fut. 3 sg. ξηρανθήσεται LXX; 1 aor. ἐξηράνθην; pf. ἐξήραμμαι, ptc. ἐξηραμμένος (Hom. et al.; pap, LXX, En, TestSol; TestLevi 4:1; ParJer 19:17; 4 Esdr 8:23 [Fgm. c]; Joseph.)

① to stop a flow (such as sap or other liquid) in someth. and so cause dryness, to dry, dry up

ⓐ act. dry, dry out τὶ someth. (Thu. 1, 109, 4; schol. on Nicander, Ther. 831 ξηραίνει τὸ δένδρον; PGM 13, 27 ξήρανον [viz. τὰ ἄνθη]; Is 42:15; Jer 28:36; Just., D. 107, 3) of the sun τὸν χόρτον Js 1:11.

ⓑ pass. in act. sense become dry, dry up, wither of trees (POxy 53, 10; Jo 1:12) Mt 21:19f; Mk 11:20f. Of plants without good roots Mt 13:6; Mk 4:6; Lk 8:6.—1 Pt 1:24 (Is 40:7). A vine-branch when cut off J 15:6. Gener. of plants Hs 9, 21, 1; 3. Of water (Gen 8:7; 3 Km 17:7; Is 19:5f ποταμός; En 101:7; Jos., Bell. 5, 409 πηγή; TestLevi 4:1) of a river: dry up Rv 16:12. Of a flow of blood εὐθὺς ἐξηράνθη ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς her hemorrhage stopped at once Mk 5:29.

② to become dry to the point of being immobilized, be paralyzed, pass. in act. sense, fig. ext. of 1. As plants are killed by drought, so the human body is damaged by certain harmful things (Hippocr., π. τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν 22 vol. VII 222 L.—PUps 8, 4 καταξηρανθήτω τὸ σῶμα ἐν κλίνοις=may her body dry up on the sickbed) ἄνθρωπος ἐξηραμμένην ἔχων τ. χεῖρα a man with a withered hand (i.e., one incapable of motion; cp. 3 Km 13:4) Mk 3:1, 3 v.l. Likew. the whole body of a boy who was possessed stiffens ξηραίνεται he becomes stiff 9:18 (Theocr. 24, 61 ξηρὸν ὑπαὶ δείους=stiff with fright. Similarly Psellus p. 212, 6).

③ to become dry and therefore be ready for harvesting, be ripe, pass. of grain Rv 14:15.—DELG s.v. ξηρός. M-M.