Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
exsico exsicare, exsicui, exsictus V TRANS :: cut out/off; remove/make (hole) by cutting; cut, make cut in; castrate
exsĭco: (exĭc-), āre, v. exseco.
exsicō, c. exseco.