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κατακαίω

katakaio

burn completely

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Where it lives

Leviticus 18 · 9.62/10k
Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
De longitudine et brevitate vitae 1 · 5.68/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
Revelation 5 · 5.05/10k
Jeremias 14 · 5.05/10k
Isaias 11 · 4.19/10k
Regnorum IV 7 · 4.05/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Deuteronomium 6 · 2.68/10k
Numeri 6 · 2.6/10k
Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατακαίω · katakaiō — LSJ

burn completely, burn, alive, burnt, to be burnt

burn completely, in Hom. of sacrifices and dead bodies, κατακήομεν αὐτούς Il. 7.333; μιν κατέκηε σὺν ἔντεσι 6.418; κ. τοὺς μάντιας burn them alive, Hdt. 4.69; ζῶντα κατακαυθῆναι Id. 1.86, cf. 2.107; of cities and houses, etc., κατὰ μὲν ἔκαυσαν . . πόλιν Id. 8.33; κατεκαίετο ὁ ἐν Δελφοῖσι νηός Id. 1.50; [οἰκίη] κατεκάη Id. 4.79; κατακαυθέντων ἱρῶν Id. 6.101; τείχη -κεκαυμένα And. l.c.; γῆ κατακεκαυμένη burnt earth, Arist. Mete. 358a14; Κατακεκαυμένη, name of the upper valley of the Hermus, in Lyd

2 parch

of hot winds, parch, τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς PHib. 1.27.73 (iii B.C.), al.

metaph., ὁ ἔρως ἐμέ . . κατακέκαυκεν Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 8 (c):—Pass., τὰ στόματα -κάεται ἐπὶ τέχνην Anaxandr. 33.6; -καίομαι καταλελειμμένη Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 1.24.

II had burnt down, burnt out

Pass., of fire, κατὰ πῦρ ἐκάη had burnt down, burnt out, Il. 9.212.

In the wild

κατακαίεται · katakaietai Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 38)
κατακαίει · katakaiei Aristotle, De longitudine et brevitate vitae (DIORISIS sentence 44)
κατακαιομένων · katakaiomenōn Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 109)
κατακαῦσαι · katakausai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 3367)
κατακαύσας · katakausas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3470)
κατακαόντων · katakaontōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3489)

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