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καυτήριον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: καυτήριον καυτήριου

Structure: καυτηρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: kai/w

Sense

  1. a branding iron

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καυτήριον καυτηρίω καυτήρια
Genitive καυτηρίου καυτηρίοιν καυτηρίων
Dative καυτηρίῳ καυτηρίοιν καυτηρίοις
Accusative καυτήριον καυτηρίω καυτήρια
Vocative καυτήριον καυτηρίω καυτήρια

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

  • μαρτύρομαι δὲ ἦ μὴν καὶ ἱερέασ αὐτοῦ ἀποδειχθήσεσθαι μαστίγων ἢ καυτηρίων ἤ τινοσ τοιαύτησ τερατουργίασ, ἢ καὶ νὴ Δία τελετήν τινα ἐπ’ αὐτῷ συστήσεσθαι νυκτέριον καὶ δᾳδουχίαν ἐπὶ τῇ πυρᾷ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:88)
  • πλὴν οἶδά γε ἐγὼ ὡσ ὅποι ποτ’ ἂν ἀπέλθωμεν, ὀλίγων μὲν τῶν στεφάνων, πολλῶν δὲ τῶν καυτηρίων δεησόμεθα. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 52:11)

Synonyms

  1. a branding iron

Similar forms

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

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