θερμότης
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
English (LSJ)
ητος, ἡ, (θερμός)
A heat, Hp.VM16, Pl.R.335d, etc.: pl., Id.Cra.432c, Diocl.Fr.112. II metaph., heat, passion, τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως Philostr.Her.12b; ἐν τῷ λέγειν Ath.1.1b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1202] ητος, ἡ, Wärme, Hitze, Plat. Rep. I, 335 d u. A.; übertr., ἡ ἐν τῷ λέγειν θ. Ath. I, 1 b.
