χερςόω

A. make into dry land, Tz. H. 2.27; make dry and barren, BGU 195.19 (ii A. D.):—Pass., to be left dry and barren, γῆ κεχερσωμένη Plu. 2.10d, LXX Pr. 24.46 (31), PTeb. 5.94 (ii B. C.), cf. IGRom. 4.147 (Cyzicus).