ξηρ-ᾰσία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, desiccation, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.18, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 231.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 384a11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; keeping dry, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.2.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; drying of hay, [[ “PTeb.” 441 (1st c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 dryness, τοῦ περιέχοντος [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.7; τοῦ καυλοῦ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.142, cf. LXX.Judg.6.37 ] LXX+1st c.BC+]; ξηρασίαν λαμβάνειν become dry, [[ 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 34. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 drought, [[ Gp. 1.8.13 (_plural_). ] Refs]