ξερόν

ξερόν, τό,

• terra firma, once in Hom., ποτὶ ξερὸν ἠπείροιο Od. 5.402; ποτὶ ξερὸν ἔλθʼ ἀπὸ πέτρας to the mainland, AP 6.304 (Phan.), cf. A.R. 3.322; ἐπὶ ξερόν Nic. Th. 704. (Cogn. with σχερός rather than with ξηρός.)