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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

  • αὐτάρκησεν αὐτὸν ἐν γῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐν δίψει καύματοσ ἐν γῇ ἀνύδρῳ. ἐκύκλωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπαίδευσεν αὐτὸν καὶ διεφύλαξεν αὐτὸν ὡσ κόρην ὀφθαλμοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:10)
  • τὸ δὲ δέρμα μου ἐσκότωται μεγάλωσ, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ καύματοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 30:30)
  • διεσώθη ἀπὸ καύματοσ υἱὸσ νοήμων, ἀνεμόφθοροσ δὲ γίνεται ἐν ἀμητῷ υἱὸσ παράνομοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 10:6)
  • σκεπασθήσεται ὑπ̓ αὐτῆσ ἀπὸ καύματοσ καὶ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτῆσ καταλύσει. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 14:27)
  • ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀναξηραίνει χώραν, καὶ ἐναντίον καύματοσ αὐτοῦ τίσ ὑποστήσεται̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 43:3)

Synonyms

  1. burning

  2. fever

  3. holes cut by cautery

  4. brand

  5. love

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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