ἀναξηρ-αίνω,
future -ᾰνῶ: aorist ἀνέξηρᾱνα, Ionic dialect -ηνα, Epic dialect subjunctive ἀγξηράνῃ:— dry up, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ὀπωρινὸς Βορέης.. ἀλωὴν αἶψ᾽ ἀγξηράνῃ[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.347] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ ὑποζύγια ἀρδόμενα ἀνεξήρηνε [τὴν λίμνην] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.109] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 50, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.511, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, consume, exhaust, οἶκον ἀ. ὀδόντες[[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 114. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II dry again, after bathing, in passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 65.] Refs 5th c.BC+]