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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

  • πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τῆσ γῆσ, σπέρμα καὶ θερισμόσ, ψῦχοσ καὶ καῦμα, θέροσ καὶ ἔαρ, ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα οὐ καταπαύσουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:22)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • ὥσπερ ἔξοδοσ χιόνοσ ἐν ἀμήτῳ κατὰ καῦμα ὠφελεῖ, οὕτωσ ἄγγελοσ πιστὸσ τοὺσ ἀποστείλαντασ αὐτόν. ψυχὰσ γὰρ τῶν αὐτῷ χρωμένων ὠφελεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 25:14)
  • καὶ ἔσται ὡσ ξύλον εὐθηνοῦν παρ’ ὕδατα, καὶ ἐπὶ ἰκμάδα βαλεῖ ρίζαν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσεται ὅταν ἔλθῃ καῦμα, καὶ ἔσται ἐπ’ αὐτῷ στελέχη ἀλσώδη, ἐν ἐνιαυτῷ ἀβροχίασ οὐ φοβηθήσεται καὶ οὐ διαλείψει ποιῶν καρπόν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 17:4)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ παρατηρεῖν αὐτοὺσ ἡμέραν εὔθετον εἰσῆλθέ ποτε καθὼσ ἐχθὲσ καὶ τρίτησ ἡμέρασ μετὰ δύο μόνων κορασίων καὶ ἐπεθύμησε λούσασθαι ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, ὅτι καῦμα ἦν. (Septuagint, Liber Susanna 1:15)
  • εὐλογεῖτε, πῦρ καὶ καῦμα τὸν Κύριον. ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰσ τοὺσ αἰῶνασ. [ (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:65)

Synonyms

  1. burning

  2. fever

  3. holes cut by cautery

  4. brand

  5. love

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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