The corpus record

καῦσις

kausis · ἡ

burning, cautery, burning heat

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Where it lives

Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Isaias 3 · 1.14/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καῦσις · kausis — LSJ

burning

burning, [τῶν ἱρῶν] Hdt. 2.40; λύχνοι τῆς κ. LXX Ex. 39.17 (37), cf. PLond. 3.1177.74 (ii A.D.).

II cautery

in Surgery, cautery, Hp. Mochl. 3; ἢ καύσει ἢ τομῇ Pl. R. 406d: in pl., Hp. Art. 11, Pl. R. 426b, Ti. 65b.

III burning heat

in pl., burning heat, ψύξεις τε καὶ κ. Id. Tht. 156b.

IV smelting

smelting, χαλκοῦ, ἀργύρου, Str. 14.6.5.

In the wild

καῦσιν · kausin Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1137a (DIORISIS sentence 1880)
καύσεως · kauseōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4420)
καύσεων · kauseōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8226)
καῦσις · kausis Herodotus, Histories 2.40.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1821)
καῦσιν · kausin New Testament, Hebrews 6.8 (DIORISIS sentence 89)
καύσεών · kauseōn Plato, Protagoras 354

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Where it came from

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