A.preserve the body by artificial means, embalm, of Egyptian mummies, Hdt.2.86, Pl.Phd. 80c.
II. preserve food by salting, pickling, or smoking, “τ. ὄα” Id.Smp.190d; ἐλᾶν ( = ἐλαίαν) PRyl.231.5 (i A.D.):—Pass., [“ἰχθύας] ἐξ ἅλμης τεταριχευμένους” Hdt.2.77, cf. PGiss.93.2 (ii A.D.), etc.; τεμάχη τεταριχευμένα preserved meat, X.An.5.4.28; “χλωρὰ [κάππαρις] πρὶν -ευθῆναι” Gal.6.615.
2. season wood by soaking it in water, Thphr.HP4.2.2, 5.4.8.
3. macerate, Olymp.Alch.p.70 B., al.
III. metaph. in Pass., waste away, wither, “κακῶς ταριχευθέντα παμφθάρτῳ μόρῳ” A.Ch.296, cf. Sophr.54; τεταριχευμένος stale, opp. νεαλὴς καὶ πρόσφατος, D.25.61.
2. Medic., reduce a patient by starving, Gal.15.595.