Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καύσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καύσιμος καύσιμον

Structure: καυσιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kai/w

Sense

  1. fit for burning, combustible

Examples

  • τοσαῦτα δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ ὥστ’ ἀντὶ φρυγάνων καὶ τῆσ καυσίμου ὕλησ χρῆσθαι κινναμώμῳ καὶ κασίᾳ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 37:12)

Synonyms

  1. fit for burning

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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