καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
exsiccātus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from exsicco.
exsiccātus, a, um, part. p. de exsicco || adjt, exsiccatum orationis genus Cic. Br. 291, style simple, d’une bonne maigreur.