kseres-no-s

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `dry, arid' (IA.; on the meaning Hesseling Sertum Nabericum [Leiden 1908] 145ff.).

Compounds: Many compp., e.g. ξηρ-αλοιφέω `rub dry with oil' (Lex Solonis ap. Plu. Sol. 1), comp. of ξηρὸν ἀλείφειν (: *ξηρ-αλοιφός); cf. Schwyzer 726; ξηρό-βηξ, - χος m. `dry cough' (medic.; opposite ὑγρό-βηξ; Strömberg Wortstudien 100); κατά-, ἐπί-ξηρος a.o. (Hp., Arist.) beside κατα-, ἐπι-ξηραίνω; on the shades of meaning Strömherg Prefix Studies 153 f. a. 97 f.

Derivatives: 1. ξηρότης, - ητος f. `dryness' (Att., Arist.); 2. ξηρίον n., ξηράφιον n. `desiccative powder' (medic., pap.); 3. ξηρώδης `dryish' (EM beside πυρώδης). 4. ξηραίνω, - ομαι, fut. - ανῶ, - ανοῦμαι (IA.), aor. ξηρᾶναι (- ῆναι), - ανθῆναι (Il.), perf. midd. ἐξήρασμαι (IA.), - αμμαι (hell.), often w. prefix as ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, `become, make dry' with ( ἀνα-)ξήρανσις f. (Thphr., Gal.), ( ἀνα-, ἐπι-, ὑπερ-)ξηρασία, - ίη f. (Hp., Arist., Thphr.; on the formation Chantraine Form. 85), ( ἀνα-)ξηρασμός m. (medic.) `getting dry'; ( ἀνα-)ξηραντικός `getting dry' (Hp., Thphr.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [625] * ksero- `dry'.

Etymology: From ξηρός can hardly be separated ξερόν (s. v.); if this belongs with Lat. serēnus `bright, clear, hell, dry' (from * kseres-no-s), serescō `get dry', OHG serawēn `id.' etc. (WP. 1,503, Pok. 625 with Prellwitz BB 21, 92), ξηρός must contain a matching lengthened grade, an only theoretically convincing [if do] assumption. The question rises then, whether the more rare and formalized ποτὶ ( ἐπὶ) ξερόν goes back on a metrical shortening (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 107). But the old equation with Skt. kṣārá- `burning, biting, sharp' (: kṣā́-yati `burn') is very suspect; s. Mayrhofer s. v. w. lit. -- Farther off remain (against Specht KZ 66, 201 ff. and Heubeck Würzb. Jb. 4, 201) σχερός and χέρσος (s. vv.). Maar e: ē ongewoon in IE. Mayrhofer KEWA 1, 288 doubts connection with the Sanskrit word.

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