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καῦσος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καῦσος

Etym.: = kau=ma,

Sense

  1. burning heat.

Examples

  • "ἑβδόμη μὲν ἦν ἡμέρα, ὁ δὲ πυρετὸσ οἱο͂σ καῦσοσ σφοδρότατοσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:21)
  • κατάρχει δὲ αὐτέου καῦσοσ, ὅσ ἐστι τοιόσδε. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 110)
  • οἱ δὲ μακρὸν μὲν τὸν χρόνον τὸν καῦσον νοσέουσι· ἀποπαύεται δὲ τὰ κινδυνώ δεα , αἱ ὀδύναι καὶ ξυντάσιεσ τῶν ὑποχονδρίων, καὶ ἡ κακοσφυξίη , καὶ τῆσ γνώμησ τὸ νωθέσ· ἔτι δὲ ἔμπησ ἐάσιν ἀσώδεεσ, ἀλύοντεσ ξὺν ἀπορίῃ· ξύνεστι δὲ ὅ τε καῦσοσ καὶ τὸ δίψοσ καὶ τῆσ γλώσσησ καὶ τοῦ στόματοσ ἡ ξηρότησ · ἀναπνέουσι πολλὸν, μακρὸν ἕλκοντεσ καὶ ἀθρόον, ὅλον τὸν ἠέρα ἐσ ἔμψυξιν ἐπισπώμενοι · ἀτὰρ εἴτε πίνουσι ψυχρὸν χανδὸν πολὺ πλεῖστον, καὶ ἐσ μὲν βραχὺ ἀνεκουφίσθησαν, εἶτ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐξάπτεται τὸ δίψοσ, αὖθισ ἄδην πίνουσι· καὶ ἥδε ἡ διαδοχὴ τοῦ κακοῦ· καὶ ἰητρὸσ δὲ ἀγαθὸσ ψυχρὸν ἂν δῳή πολλὸν ἀσινέωσ, ὅκωσ ἐν τοῖσι ἄλλοισι καύσοισι· ἀσφαλέστερον δὲ τοῖσι ἀπὸ τῆσ κοίλησ φλεβὸσ νοσέουσι τὸν καῦσον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 184)
  • ἢν δὲ καὶ καῦσοσ ἔχῃ τὸν στόμαχον, οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆσ καταστάσεωσ τῆσ νούσου, ἀλλ’ αὐτοῦ μούνου ἀπὸ χυμῶν δριμέων καὶ ἁλμυρῶν , ἢ ὑπὸ χολῆσ δακνομένου , καὶ δίψεϊ αὐαινομένου, ὑδρομιγὲσ γάλα δοτέον ἐν τροφῇ, ὅσον ἡμικοτύλιον τοῦ γάλακτοσ ἐν ὕδατοσ κυάθῳ ἑνί· Ῥυμφάνειν δὲ αὐτέου τὸ πλεῖστον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 82)
  • Ἢν δὲ καὶ καῦσοσ ἔχῃ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, καὶ δίψοσ, καὶ ἀπορίη, καὶ μανίη, καὶ ἐπιθυμίη ψυχροῦ ὕδατοσ, διδόναι μεῖον μὲν ἢ ὁκόσον ἐν καύσου νούσῳ ἄνευ φρενίτιδοσ . (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 84)

Synonyms

  1. burning heat

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

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