ἀναξηρ-αίνω,fut. -ᾰνῶ:aor. ἀνέξηρᾱνα,
Ion.
-ηνα,
Ep.
subj. ἀγξηράνῃ:—
A. dry up,
ὡς δ' ὅτ' ὀπωρινὸς Βορέης . . ἀλωὴν αἶψ' ἀγξηράνῃ
Il. 21.347
;τὰ ὑποζύγια ἀρδόμενα ἀνεξήρηνε [τὴν λίμνην] Hdt. 7.109 :— Pass. , Hp.
Aër.
8 , Phylarch. 50 , Ph. 2.511 , etc.
2. metaph.,consume, exhaust,
οἶκον ἀ. ὀδόντες
Call. Cer. 114
.
II. dry again,after bathing, in Pass. , Hp. Acut. 65 .