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διακαίω

diakaio

burn through, heat to excess

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Where it lives

De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

διακαίω · diakaiō — LSJ

burn through, heat to excess, torrid, flushed

burn through, heat to excess, Hdt. 2.26: freq. in pf. part. Pass., γῆ διάθερμος καὶ διακεκαυμένη Arist. Pr. 906b13, cf. Mete. 345a17; ἀὴρ δ. Thphr. Vent. 21; δ. εἰς τὸ μελάντατον Luc. Herc. 1; ἡ δ. ζώνη the torrid zone, Str. 2.1.13, al.; κύκλος Placit. 2.30.1; ὥρα ἔτους Ar.Did. Epit. 26; δ. ὑπ. ὀργῆς πρόσωπον flushed with anger, J. AJ 11.6.9.

2 inflame, inflame, excite

inflame, ἄνεμοι δ. τὰς κόρας Gp. 2.26.2: metaph., inflame, excite, τινά Plu. Thes. 6, al.: c. acc. cogn., δ. φιλοτιμίαν Theopomp.Hist. 328:—Pass., Luc. Cal. 14.

3 brand, apply cautery across, throughout

in Surgery, brand, apply cautery across or throughout, ἐς τὸ πέρην Hp. Art. 11; πέρην ib. 40 (Pass.); καυτῆρι τὸ πρόσωπον Gp. 17.20.4.

In the wild

διακαιόμενος · diakaiomenos Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 22)
διακεκαυμένη · diakekaumenē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6515)
διέκαιον · diekaion Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 11

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