ἐπίκαυσις
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A burning, ἐξ ἐ. Str.13.4.11; scorching, of the sun's heat, Id.15.1.24. II. inflammation of the surface, scorching up, joined with ἐρυσίβη, Pl.Ax.368c. III. = foreg. 2, Dsc.2.136 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 947] ἡ, = Vorigem, Diosc.; bei Plat. Ax. 368 c der Brand des Getreides, neben ἐρυσίβη.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίκαυσις: -εως, ἡ, (ἐπικαίω) τὸ ἐπικαίειν τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν μέρους τινός, ἔστη δὲ ἡ ἐπιφάνεια τεφρώδης τῶν πεδίων, ἡ δὲ ὀρεινή καὶ πετρώδης μέλαινα ὡς ἐξ ἐπικαύσεως Στράβ. 628 καὶ 695 ἐν τέλει· προσέτι διάφ. γρ. ἐν Πλάτ. Ἀξιόχῳ 368C ἀντὶ ἐπίκλυσις. ΙΙ. = ἐπίκαυμα, Διοσκ. 2. 166.
