χερσεύω
From LSJ
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
English (LSJ)
intr.,
A abide on dry land, live or lie thereon, S.Fr.321, E.Fr.636, Plu.2.982b. 2 to be dry land, opp. ἔνυδρος εἶναι, Arist.Mete.352a23. b lie waste or barren, X.Oec. 5.17, 16.5. II Pass., to be left as dry land, opp. πλωτὰ εἶναι, Arist.Mete.353a25 (v.l. -εύει). III make or leave barren, PTeb.61 (b).114, 74.29 (ii B. C.):—Pass., to be made, become barren, Plu.2.2d, Epist.Philipp. in IG9(2).517.30 (Larissa, iii B. C.), PTeb.61 (b).144, 202, al. (ii B. C.), BGU1120.31 (i B. C.), etc.
