χερσ-όω,
make into dry land, [[ 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus “Historiarum variarum chiliades” 2.27 ] Refs]; make dry and barren, [[ “BGU” 195.19 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be left dry and barren, γῆ κεχερσωμένη [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.10d, LXX.Pro.24.46 (31), “PTeb.” 5.94 (2nd c.BC),compare “IGRom.” 4.147 (from Cyzicus). ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]