The corpus record

ὑπέκ-καυμα

upekkauma · τό

combustible matter, fuel

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ὑπέκ-καυμα · hypek-kauma — LSJ

combustible matter, fuel, food

combustible matter, fuel, X. Cyr. 7.5.22, Arist. Resp. 473a5, Mete. 341b19, al.: metaph. of food, as supplying animal heat, Hp. Aph. 1.14, Plu. QConv. 2.694f, Aët. 9.19.

b Sphere of Fire

the supposed Sphere of Fire surrounding the atmosphere, Simp. in Cael. 20.26, al. (quoting Arist. Mete. l.c.).

2 provocative, incentive

metaph., provocative, incentive, ἔρωτος X. Smp. 4.25; πολλοῖς ὑ. ἔστʼ ἔρωτος μουσική Men. 237, cf. Phld. Mus. p.80 K.; ὑ. τῆς νόσου Arist. Pr. 859b19; πόθου καὶ χάριτος Plu. Lyc. 15.

In the wild

ὑπέκκαυμα · hypekkauma Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 54)
ὑπεκκαύματι · hypekkaumati Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.22 (DIORISIS sentence 3895)
ὑπέκκαυμα · hypekkauma Xenophon, Symposium 4.25 (DIORISIS sentence 318)

Where it came from

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