ἀναξηραίνω

anaxeraino

dry up

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 3
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Chapter 54 834a33–834b2

834a35
Chapter 73 835b15–22

835b17
835b19
Meteorology 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 2 354b1–356b3

355b26
355b32
On Colours 1
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Chapter 1 791a1–792a3

791b26
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 3 781b30–784a22

782b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναξηραίνω, fut. -ᾰνῶ: aor. ἀνέξηρᾱνα, Ion. -ηνα, Ep. subj. ἀγξηράνῃ:—A. dry up, ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ὀπωρινὸς Βορέης . . ἀλωὴν αἶψʼ ἀγξηράνῃ Il. 21.347; τὰ ὑποζύγια ἀρδόμενα ἀνεξήρηνε [τὴν λίμνην] Hdt. 7.109:—Pass., Hp. Aër. 8, Phylarch. 50, Ph. 2.511, etc. 2. metaph., consume, exhaust, οἶκον ἀ. ὀδόντες Call. Cer. 114. II. dry again, after bathing, in Pass., Hp. Acut. 65.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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