The corpus record — Latin

cautēr

cautēr · m

A branding-iron

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What it meant

cautēr — Lewis & Short

cautēr, ēris, m., = kauth/r (accessory form to cauterium, and only post-class.).

I A branding-iron, Pall. 1, 41, 2; 1, 43, 3; Prud. stef. 10, 490.—Trop.: cauterem adigere ambitioni, Tert. Pall. 5.—

II A wound made by burning, Prud. stef. 5, 229.

Where it came from

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