sicco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

siccō āvī, ātus, āre

siccus, to make dry, dry, dry up : Sol siccaverat herbas, O.: retia litore, O.: veste cruores, V.: lacrimas, O.— To dry up, drain, make dry : paludes: fontīs, O.: dea siccata, parched , O.— To exhaust, drain dry, milk : Distenta ubera, H.: siccata ovis, O.: calices, i. e. empty , H.: Arethusa virides manu siccata capillos, i. e. wrung out , O.— To dry up, heal up : volnera, stanch , V.