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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

  • οὐχὶ καύσωνα ἀναπαύσει δρόσοσ̣ οὕτωσ κρείσσων λόγοσ ἢ δόσισ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:16)
  • ὁ δὲ Ἐφραὶμ πονηρὸν πνεῦμα ἐδίωξε, καύσωνα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν. κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐπλήθυνε καὶ διαθήκην μετὰ Ἀσσυρίων διέθετο, καὶ ἔλαιον εἰσ Αἴγυπτον ἐνεπορεύετο. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 12:2)
  • διότι οὗτοσ ἀνὰ μέσον ἀδελφῶν διαστελεῖ. ἐπάξει καύσωνα ἄνεμον Κύριοσ ἐκ τῆσ ἐρήμου ἐπ̓ αὐτόν, καὶ ἀναξηρανεῖ τὰσ φλέβασ αὐτοῦ, ἐξερημώσει τὰσ πηγὰσ αὐτοῦ. αὐτὸσ καταξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἐπιθυμητὰ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 13:15)
  • ὡσ ἄνεμον καύσωνα διασπερῶ αὐτοὺσ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν, δείξω αὐτοῖσ ἡμέραν ἀπωλείασ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 18:17)
  • ΤΑΔΕ λέγει Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξεγείρω ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Χαλδαίουσ ἄνεμον καύσωνα διαφθείροντα. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 28:1)

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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