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καῦμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: καῦμα καύματος

Structure: καυματ (Stem)

Etym.: kai/w

Sense

  1. burning, glow, heat (especially of the sun)
  2. fever
  3. (in the plural) holes cut by cautery
  4. brand (mark of ownership made by burning)
  5. (figuratively) love

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐγενόμην τῆσ ἡμέρασ συγκαιόμενοσ τῷ καύματι καὶ τῷ παγετῷ τῆσ νυκτόσ, καὶ ἀφίστατο ὁ ὕπνοσ μου ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:40)
  • καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν υἱοὶ Ρεμμὼν τοῦ Βηρωθαίου Ρεκχὰ καὶ Βαανὰ καὶ εἰσῆλθον ἐν τῷ καύματι τῆσ ἡμέρασ εἰσ οἶκον Ἰεβοσθέ. καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐκάθευδεν ἐν τῇ κοίτῃ τῆσ μεσημβρίασ, (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 4:5)
  • πολλοὺσ γὰρ ἐκάκωσε τὸ ὕψωμα αὐτοῦ, ἐμαράνθη δὲ ὥσπερ μολόχη ἐν καύματι ἢ ὥσπερ στάχυσ ἀπὸ καλάμησ αὐτόματοσ ἀποπεσών. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 24:24)
  • διὰ τοῦτο οὕτωσ εἶπε Κύριοσ ἐπὶ Ἰωακεὶμ βασιλέα Ἰούδα. οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῷ καθήμενοσ ἐπὶ θρόνου Δαυίδ, καὶ τὸ θνησιμαῖον αὐτοῦ ἔσται ἐρριμμένον ἐν τῷ καύματι τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ ἐν τῷ παγετῷ τῆσ νυκτόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 43:30)
  • καὶ ἰδού ἐστιν ἐξερριμμένα τῷ καύματι τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τῷ παγετῷ τῆσ νυκτόσ, καὶ ἀπεθάνοσαν ἐν πόνοισ πονηροῖσ, ἐν λιμῷ καὶ ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν ἀποστολῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Baruch 2:25)

Synonyms

  1. burning

  2. fever

  3. holes cut by cautery

  4. brand

  5. love

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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