ξηρασία
From LSJ
λίγεια μινύρεται θαμίζουσα μάλιστ' ἀηδών → the sweet-voiced nightingale mourns constantly, the sweet-voiced nightingale most loves to warble
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A desiccation, Hp. Morb.1.18, Antiph.231.7, Arist.Mete.384a11 ; keeping dry, Thphr. HP7.2.2 ; drying of hay, PTeb.441(i A.D.), etc. 2 dryness, τοῦ περιέχοντος Str.2.3.7; τοῦ καυλοῦ Dsc.2.142, cf. LXX Jd.6.37 ; ξηρασίαν λαμβάνειν become dry, Agatharch.34. 3 drought, Gp.1.8.13 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 279] ἡ, Trockenheit, Dürre; Antiphan. bei Ath. I, 22 f; Arist. meteor. 4, 7; Theophr. u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ξηρᾰσία: Ἰων. -ίη, ἡ, ὡς καὶ νῦν, ξηρασία, ἀνομβρία, αὐχμός, «ξεραΐλα», Ἱππ. 453, 49, Ἀντιφ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 10. ΙΙ. τὸ ξηραίνειν, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 10. 3, 2, Μετεωρ. 4. 7, 6.