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ἔγ-καυστος

egkaustos

burnt in, painted in encaustic

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What it meant

ἔγ-καυστος · eg-kaustos — LSJ

burnt in, painted in encaustic

burnt in, painted in encaustic, Mart. 4.47: encausto pingere, Plin. HN 35.149; encausta pictura, ib. 122.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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