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|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[καίω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[burning heat]], especially of the sun, <b class="b3">καύματος ἔξ</b> after [[sun-heat]], Il.5.865, cf. Hes.''Op.''415,588, Alc.39, S.''Ant.''417, Epinic.1.10, etc.; <b class="b3">πρὶν ἂν τὸ κ. παρέλθῃ</b> the [[heat of the day]], Pl.''Phdr.'' 242a, cf. ''Ti.''70d; ἐὰν ᾖ κ. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''342b10: freq. in plural, ἡλίου τε καύμασιν S.''OC''350, cf. Hdt.3.104, X.''Cyn.''5.9, etc.; [τόποι] ὑπὸ καυμάτων διαφθειρόμενοι Isoc.11.12; καύματα καὶ χειμῶνες Phld.''Piet.''87: in plural, also of frost, Ath.3.98b, Luc.''Lex.''2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fever heat]], Th.2.49; of [[inflamed]] conditions, Hp.''VM''19, ''Aph.''7.13: metaph., of love, κ. ἀρσενικόν ''AP''12.87.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in plural, [[holes burnt by cautery]], Hp.''Art.''11, Arist.''Pr.''863a31.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[brand]] on cattle, ''IG''7.3171.44 (Orchom. Boeot.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[embers]] of sacrifices, Pl.''Criti.''12od.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[firewood]], PLond.3.1166.6, al. (i A.D.).