ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν → by no augury could he ward off black death
exsiccātus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from exsicco.
exsiccātus, a, um, part. p. de exsicco