adustio
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ădustĭo: ōnis, f. aduro.
I A kindling, burning; a burn (concrete only in Pliny): ulcera frigore aut adustione facta, Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 34: adustiones sanat (lactuca), id. 20, 7, 26, § 61.—Also of plants, e. g. vines, a rubbing, galling, Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 116 al.—
II An inflammation: adustio infantium, quae vocatur siriasis, Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 135.—Pass., a burned state, picis, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 127.
