ἀποξηραίνειν

From LSJ

Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: ἀποξηραίνω) dry, parch, dry up