ἐπιξηραίνω
From LSJ
εὐκαταφρόνητός ἐστι σιγηρὸς τρόπος → a way of life disposed to silence is contemptible (Menander)
English (LSJ)
A dry on the surface, Hp.Fract.33, Arist.Pr.928a9:— Pass., to be so dried, Hp.Prorrh.2.6; have an interval of dryness, Id.Acut.28: generally, to be dried up, Ruf.Ren.Ves.6.5; to be constipated, Aret.CA1.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 967] auf der Oberfläche trocknen, Hippocr., Theophr.