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καῦμα

kauma · τό

burning heat

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Where it lives

De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
Odae 2 · 4.92/10k
Baruch 1 · 3.96/10k
Busiris 1 · 3.64/10k
Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Revelation 2 · 2.02/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k

Densest 12 of 42 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καῦμα · kauma — LSJ

burning heat, sun-heat, heat of the day

burning heat, esp. of the sun, καύματος ἔξ after sun-heat, Il. 5.865, cf. Hes. Op. 415, 588, Alc. 39, S. Ant. 417, Epin. 1.10, etc.; πρὶν ἂν τὸ κ. παρέλθῃ the heat of the day, Pl. Phdr. 242a, cf. Ti. 70d; ἐὰν ᾖ κ. Arist. Mete. 342b10: freq. in pl., ἡλίου τε καύμασιν S. OC 350, cf. Hdt. 3.104, X. Cyn. 5.9, etc.; [τόποι] ὑπὸ καυμάτων διαφθειρόμενοι Isoc. 11.12; καύματα καὶ χειμῶνες Phld. Piet. 87: in pl., also of frost, Ath. 3.98b, Luc. Lex. 2.

2 fever heat, inflamed

fever heat, Th. 2.49; of inflamed conditions, Hp. VM 19, Aph. 7.13: metaph., of love, κ. ἀρσενικόν AP 12.87.

II holes burnt by cautery

in pl., holes burnt by cautery, Hp. Art. 11, Arist. Pr. 863a31.

III brand

brand on cattle, IG 7.3171.44 (Orchom. Boeot.).

IV embers

embers of sacrifices, Pl. Criti. 120d.

V firewood

firewood, PLond. 3.1166.6, al. (i A.D.).

In the wild

καῦμα · kauma Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 153)
καύματα · kaumata Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 46)
καύματος · kaumatos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 292)
καυμάτων · kaumatōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6515)
καῦμα · kauma Epictetus, Discourses 1.18 (DIORISIS sentence 949)
καῦμα · kauma Epictetus, Discourses 1.18 (DIORISIS sentence 960)

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