ξηρός, ά, όν,
dry, opposed to ὑγρός, of a dried-up river, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.45; χειμάρρους ξηροὺς ὕδατος 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.2; ἠὴρ ξ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26; ξ. ἄνεμος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 404; ξηροῖς ἀκλαύτοις ὄμμασιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 696; ὀμμάτων ξ. κόραι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 389 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέτρα ξ. τε καὶ ὑγρά dry and liquid measures, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 746d; ὕλη αὔη καὶ ξ. [prev. work] 761d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξ. γάλα, i.e. ripe cheese, [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1001.51 (compare περίξηρος) ] Refs]; so τυρὸς ξ., opposed to τυρὸς χλωρός, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 133.7, compare 3rd c.BC: Philoxenus Epigrammaticus 3.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ξηροῖσιν ἐκτρέφειν on solid food, i.e. cereals, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 277 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καρπὸς ξ., i.e. cereal, opposed to κ. ξύλινος, produce of trees, i. e. fruit, wine, or oil, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 115b; ξ. χόρτος ] Refs 5th c.BC+]hay, [[ PPetr. 3p.181 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; φοῖνιξ ξ. dried dates, [[ “PSI” 1.33.14 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξ. καρποί, opposed to οἶνος, ἔλαιον, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.23.5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξ. πυρίαι applications of dry heat, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 21, 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.621 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ξηροπυρία. adverb ξηρῶς by the use of dry powder, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.3.13 (assuming variant). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of bodily condition, withered, lean, δέμας [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 239; ξηρὸς ὑπαὶ δείους 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.61; ξ. κοιλίη ] Refs 5th c.BC+]costive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]