siccativus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

siccātīvus, a, um, adj. [sicco],

that makes dry , drying , siccative : malagma, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 71: aquae, Casslod. Var. 10, 29.