Ἐὰν ᾖς φιλομαθής, ἔσει πολυμαθής → If you are studious, you will become learned.
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.