ἀποξηραίνω,
dry up, τὸ ἀρχαῖον ῥέεθρον-ξηρῆναι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.99] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be dried up, of rivers, ἀποξηρανθῆναι[[ [prev. author] 1.75; ἀπεξηρασμένου τοῦ.. ῥεέθρου [prev. work] 186, compare 7.109. ] Refs]
__2 generally, dry completely, τὰς ναῦς lay them up, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.12] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀπεξηραμμένα κρεᾴδια[[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 124.11, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.11.3.] Refs 4th c.BC+]