The corpus record

καυ-τήριον

kauterion · τό

branding iron

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k

What it meant

καυ-τήριον · kau-tērion — LSJ

branding iron

branding iron, E. Fr. 815 (cj.), LXX 4 Ma. 15.22, Luc. Pisc. 52 (vulg. καυστ-), Apol. 2, Hippiatr. 26: metaph., ὥσπερ καυτήρια ταῖς ψυχαῖς προσάγειν D.S. 20.54.

II burnt mark, brand

burnt mark, brand, Str. 5.1.9, BGU 469.7 (ii A.D.).

III

instrument used in encaustic painting, Dig. 33.7.17.

IV kiln

(in form καυστ-) kiln, PLond. 2.391.8 (vi A.D.).

In the wild

καυτηρίοις · kautēriois Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 15

Where it came from

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