dry (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Without moisture1. siccus (not wet)2. siccāneus (like siccus, but only of soil)3. ārĭdus (dry throughout, as fuel; parched)4. ārens, ntis (= aridus)5. torrĭdus (dried up)II. Not covered with water; chiefly in phr. d. land1. siccum (prob. not found in prose except after a prep.)2. ārĭdum (like preced.)III. ThirstyIV. Uninteresting1. ārĭdus2. jējūnus3. frīgĭdus (without life or freshness)4. exsuccus (sapless)5. exsanguis, eV. Plain, unembellishedVI. As epith. of a joke, cool and cutting1. scītus (shrewd)2. perh. austērusVII. As epith. of wine, without lusciousness • dry (adj.): I. Without moisture: 1. siccus (not wet): a d. soil, s. solum, Quint.: d. days, s. dies, Hor.: d. bread, s. panis, Plin.: d. (unwetted) feet, s. pedes, Ov.: the pitcher stood d. (without water), stetit urna s., Hor. 2. siccāneus (like siccus, but only of soil): a d. spot, meadow: locus, pratum s., Col. (The form siccānus occurs in Plin., of trees grown in a dry soil, 16, 17, 29.) 3. ārĭdus (dry throughout, as fuel; parched): d. wood, a. lignum, Pl.: d. fuel, a. nutrimenta (ignis), Virg.: a d. (crackling) sound, a. sonus, Virg. 4. ārens, ntis (= aridus): Virg.: Tac. 5. torrĭdus (dried up): a d. spring, fons t., Liv. Phr.: to make (drink) d., siccare (v. to dry): to be d., arēre, Ov.: Cato: to become d., siccescere, Col.: Plin.; arescere, Pl.: Cic. (v. to dry, B.): that season was excessively d., siccitate eo anno plurimum laboratum est, Liv. See also dried. II. Not covered with water; chiefly in phr. d. land: 1. siccum (prob. not found in prose except after a prep.): on d. land, in sicco, Plin.: the (ships') beaks are on d. land, rostra tenent siccum, Virg. The plur. form sicca also occurs. 2. ārĭdum (like preced.): to haul up ships on d. land, naves in aridum subducere, Caes.: Ov. III. Thirsty: sĭtiens, siccus: v. thirsty. IV. Uninteresting: 1. ārĭdus: a d. and sapless style, a. et exsangue genus orationis, Auct. Her.: exceedingly d. treatises, aridissimi libri, Auct. Dial. Or.: Cic. (N.B. Not siccus, which is rather an epithet of praise; terse, sinewy.) 2. jējūnus: v. meagre. 3. frīgĭdus (without life or freshness): v. flat. 4. exsuccus (sapless): Join: (orator) aridus et exsuccus et exsanguis, Quint. 5. exsanguis, e: v. supr. V. Plain, unembellished: siccus, austērus, pressus: v. terse. VI. As epith. of a joke, cool and cutting: 1. scītus (shrewd): a d. saying, s. (dictum), Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51: Tac. 2. perh. austērus: a d. kind of humour, *quasi austerum quoddam jocandi genus: v. severe. VII. As epith. of wine, without lusciousness: perh. austērus or as softened compar., austerior: v. sour.