ξηρᾶς (xeras)

ξηρᾶς is an Ancient Greek form of ξηρός, meaning “dry”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective or genitive singular feminine adjective.

Found 32 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Lucullus 36.3: καὶ τοῦ γε Πομπηίου μακρὰν ὁδὸν διὰ τόπων ἀνύδρων καὶ αὐχμηρῶν ὁδεύσαντος τὰς δάφνας ξηρὰς περικειμένας ταῖς ῥάβδοις ἰδόντες οἱ τοῦ Λουκούλλον ῥαβδοφόροι φιλοφρονούμενοι τοῖς ἐκείνου μετέδωκαν ἐκ τῶν …

Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales 2.7.2: … ώμενον αἰτιῶν, οὕτως ἔφην ἐγὼ μίαν αἰτίαν εἶναι διʼ ἣν βραδέως τε πλεῖ καὶ προσάγεται τὴν ἐχενηίδα τὸ πλοῖον· ξηρᾶς μὲν γὰρ οὔσης καὶ μὴ σφόδρα βαρείας ὑγρότητι τῆς νεώς, εἰκὸς ὑπολισθάνουσαν ὑπὸ κουφότητος τῇ θαλάττῃ τὴν τρό …

All forms of ξηρός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.