ξηραντικός
From LSJ
μοχθεῖν τε βροτοῖσ(ιν) άνάγκη → and you mortals must endure trouble (Euripides' Hippolytus 208)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A causing to dry up, c.gen., πνεύμονος Hp.Acut. 16,22 : abs., ξ. [χυλός] Thphr.CP6.1.3 ; ξ. δίαιτα Diocl.Fr.141, cf. Arist.Pr.925a34 (Comp.) ; ξ. δύναμις Dsc.1.13. Adv. -κῶς by drying. Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.28.23.