exiccatus

ex-sicco ( exicc- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to dry up, make quite dry (class.).

I.

In gen.:

arbores,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

sulcos,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 242.— Transf., of an abstr. subject:

ebrietas, donec exsiccetur,

is exhaled, passes off, Sen. Q. N. 3, 20 fin. — Trop.:

spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa,

Vulg. Prov. 17, 22.—

II.

In partic., to drain dry, to empty a bottle (= epotare, cum aliqua aviditatis significatione): lagenae furtim exsiccatae, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2; for which poet.:

vina culullis,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 11; cf.

of the sea: mare,

Vulg. Nahum, 1, 4 al. —Hence, * exsiccātus ( exicc- ), a, um, P. a., dried up, dry, jejune:

orationis genus,

Cic. Brut. 84, 291.