encaustus
From LSJ
Ἰατρὸς ἀδόλεσχος ἐπὶ τῇ νόσῳ νόσος → Medicus loquax, secundus aegro morbus est → Ein Arzt, der schwätzt, verdoppelt nur der Krankheit Last
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
encaustus: (encaut-), a, um, adj., = ἔγκαυστος,
I burned in, encaustic.
I Adj.: genus pingendi, the encaustic mode of painting, Plin. 35, 11, 41, § 149; cf., respecting it, O. Müller, Archäol. § 320: Phaëthon, Mart. 4, 47, 1.—
II Subst.: en-caustum (encaut-), i., n., = ἔγκαυστον, the purple-red ink of the later Roman emperors, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 1; August. contra Faust. 3, 18; Cod. Just. 1, 23, 6 al.
