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I kindle, they lighted them, to be lighted, burn, which blaze, to be smelted

kindle, πυρὰ πολλά Il. 9.77; πῦρ κείαντες Od. 9.231; πῦρ κῆαι 15.97, etc.:—Med., πῦρ κείαντο they lighted them a fire, Il. 9.88, cf. 234, Od. 16.2:—Pass., to be lighted, burn, πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο Il. 1.52; θεείου καιομένοιο 8.135; καιομένοιο πυρός 19.376, cf. Hdt. 1.86, Ar. V. 1372, etc.; φῶς πυρὸς καόμενον Pl. R. 514b; αἱ φλόγες αἱ καιόμεναι . . περὶ τὸν οὐρανόν the meteors which blaze, Arist. Mete. 341b2; of ore, to be smelted, Id. HA 552b10.

II set on fire, burn

set on fire, burn, μηρία, ὀστέα, Od. 9.553, Hes. Th. 557; νεκρούς Il. 21.343; δένδρεα ib. 338:—Pass., νηυσὶν καιομένῃσιν 9.602.

2 make hot, smelted

make hot, of the sun, ἀνθρώπους Hdt. 3.104: abs., ibid., Pl. Cra. 413b; [χείμαρρος] ἠελίῳ κεκαυμένος smelted, AP 9.277 (Antiphil.).

3

of extreme cold, ἡ χιὼν καίει τῶν κυνῶν τὰς ῥῖνας X. Cyn. 8.2, cf. 6.26 (Pass.); κάειν λέγεται . . τὸ ψυχρόν, οὐχ ὡς τὸ θερμόν Arist. Mete. 382b8.

4 to be on fire, being in a fever

Pass., of fever-heat, τὰ ἐντὸς ἐκάετο Th. 2.49: metaph., of passion, esp. of love, to be on fire, ἐν φρασὶ καιομένα Pi. P. 4.219; κάομαι τὴν καρδίαν Ar. Lys. 9; ἔρως . . ὕβρει καόμενος Pl. Lg. 783a; καίεσθαί τινος (sc. ἔρωτι) Hermesian. 7.37, Charito 4.6, cf. Parth. 14.2; also καομένη Ἑλλάς Greece being in a fever of excitement, Lys. 33.7.

5 suffer from inflammation

suffer from inflammation, ἐκαύθη ἔσω Hp. Epid. 4.20, cf. 4.

III burn and destroy, waste with fire

burn and destroy (in war), τέμνειν καὶ κ., κ. καὶ πορθεῖν, waste with fire and sword, X. HG 4.2.15, 6.5.27.

IV cauterize, to use, cautery

of surgeons, cauterize, ὤμους Hp. Art. 11:—in Pass., Id. Aph. 6.60: abs., τέμνειν καὶ κάειν to use knife and cautery, Pl. Grg. 480c, 521e, X. An. 5.8.18, etc.: rarely reversed, κέαντες ἢ τεμόντες A. Ag. 849.

V burn, bake

burn or bake pottery, κανθάρους dub. in Phryn.Com. 15.