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καυσ-τικός

kaustikos

capable of burning

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

καυσ-τικός · kaus-tikos — LSJ

capable of burning, capable of being burnt

capable of burning, opp. καυστός (capable of being burnt), τὸ καυστὸν οὐ καίεται . . ἄνευ τοῦ καυστικοῦ Arist. de An. 417a8, cf. Ph. 251a16; τὸ πῦρ φύσει κ. Phld. Mus. p.71 K.: Comp. -ώτερος Arist. PA 648b18: Sup. -ώτατος Id. Cael. 307a1, Corn. ND 32.

b corrosive, caustic

corrosive, caustic, δύναμις κ. Dsc. 2.4 (Comp.); φάρμακα κ. Gal. 11.754, Zopyr. ap. Orib. 14.57.1.

2 of, by means of burning

of or by means of burning, βάσανοι LXX 4 Ma. 6.27. Adv. -κῶς, βλάπτειν Eust. 70.36.

3 feverish, inflammatory humours

of persons, feverish, Hp. Prorrh. 1.70; also τὰ κ. inflammatory humours, Id. Epid. 4.2.

In the wild

καυστικὴν · kaustikēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8501)
καυστικώτερον · kaustikōteron Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 10
καυστικαῖς · kaustikais Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 6

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