καυστικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[capable of burning]], opp. [[καυστός]] ([[capable of being burnt]]), τὸ καυστὸν οὐ καίεται… ἄνευ τοῦ καυστικοῦ <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">de An.</span>417a8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>251a16</span>; τὸ πῦρ φύσει κ. Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.71 K.: Comp. [[καυστικώτερος]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>648b18</span>: Sup. -ώτατος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>307a1</span>, <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[corrosive]], [[caustic]], δύναμις κ. Dsc. 2.4 (Comp.); φάρμακα κ. Gal.11.754, Zopyr. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.14.57.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[of]] or by means of [[burning]], βάσανοι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>6.27</span>. Adv. -κῶς, βλάπτειν <span class="bibl">Eust.70.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, [[feverish]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.70</span>; also <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>. [[inflammatory humours]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>4.2</span>.</span>