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καύσων

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καύσων καύσωνος

Structure: καυσων (Stem)

Etym.: kai/w

Sense

  1. burning heat

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καύσων καύσωνε καύσωνες
Genitive καύσωνος καυσώνοιν καυσώνων
Dative καύσωνι καυσώνοιν καύσωσιν*
Accusative καύσωνα καύσωνε καύσωνας
Vocative καύσων καύσωνε καύσωνες

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

  • ἐπέστη γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεσμεύοντοσ τὸ δράγμα τῷ πεδίῳ, καὶ ὁ καύσων ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐν Βαιτυλούᾳ τῇ πόλει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ τῷ ἀνὰ μέσον Δωθαί̈μ καὶ Βαλαμών. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 8:3)
  • ἀναλήψεται δὲ αὐτὸν καύσων καὶ ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ λικμήσει αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 27:21)
  • οὐ πεινάσουσιν οὐδὲ διψήσουσιν, οὐδὲ πατάξει αὐτοὺσ καύσων, οὐδὲ ὁ ἥλιοσ, ἀλλ̓ ὁ ἐλεῶν αὐτοὺσ παρακαλέσει καὶ διὰ πηγῶν ὑδάτων ἄξει αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 49:10)
  • καὶ κατεκλάσθη ἐν θυμῷ, ἐπὶ γῆν ἐρρίφη, καὶ ἄνεμοσ ὁ καύσων ἐξήρανε τὰ ἐκλεκτὰ αὐτῆσ. ἐξεδικήθη καὶ ἐξηράνθη ἡ ράβδοσ ἰσχύοσ αὐτῆσ, πῦρ ἀνήλωσεν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 19:12)
  • εὐλογεῖτε, ψῦχοσ καὶ καύσων τὸν Κύριον. ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰσ τοὺσ αἰῶνασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:66)

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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