(adj.adv.) : siccus, a, um, adj.cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. αὔω
* Dry.
* Lit.
* In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. aridus): arena,Verg. G. 1, 389: fauces fluminum,id. ib. 4, 427: siccāque in rupe resedit,id. A. 5, 180: litus,id. ib. 6, 162: siccum et sine umore ullo solum,Quint. 2, 4, 8: glebae,Hor. Epod. 16, 55: agri,id. S. 2, 4, 15: lacus,Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11: regio,Curt. 9, 10, 2: via (opp. palustris),Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.—Sup.: horreum siccissimum,Col. 12, 15, 2: oculi,tearless,Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so, lumina,Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044: genae,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80. Ov. H. 11, 10: decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,id. M. 14, 50; and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,tearless,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270: pocula,Tib. 3, 6, 18: urna,Hor. C. 3, 11, 23: panis,dry bread,Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139: agaricum manducatum siccum,id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11: spolia non sanguine sicca suo,Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12. cuspis,Stat. Th. 8, 383: ensis,Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.: sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,i. e. bloodless,Sil. 7, 213: carinae,standing dry,Hor. C. 1, 4, 2: magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea,Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so, signa,id. ib. 4, 9, 18: aquae,i. e. snow,Mart. 4, 3, 7: vox,dried up with heat, husky,Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* Of the weather, dry, without rain: sive annus siccus est ... seu pluvius,Col. 3, 20, 1: ver,Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101: aestivi tempora sicca Canis,Tib. 1, 4, 6; for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4: sole dies referente siccos,Hor. C. 3, 29, 20: siccis aër fervoribus ustus,Ov. M. 1, 119: caelum,Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123: ventus,id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50: luna,Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112: nubes,i. e. without rain,Luc. 4, 331: hiemps,without snow,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.
* Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous: (mulier) sicca, succida,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37: corpora sicciora cornu,Cat. 23, 12: corpora graciliora siccioraque,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65: (puella) Nec bello pede ... nec ore sicco,free from saliva,Cat. 43, 3; cf. tussis,without expectoration,Cels. 4, 6: medicamentum,causing dryness,Scrib. Comp. 71.
* Dry, thirsty: nimis diu sicci sumus,Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.: siti sicca sum,id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14: faucibus siccis,fasting,Verg. A. 2, 358.
* Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes ... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39: siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.
* Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.): (Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.: nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.
* Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.): siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,Quint. 11, 1, 32: sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,Gell. 14, 1, 32: durus et siccus,Tac. Or. 21: ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,ignorant, unformed, unprepared,Suet. Gram. 4.
* Lit.: ut bos sicce stabuletur,Col. 6, 12, 2.
* Trop.: eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,firmly, solidly,Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v.supra, II.