καυστικός: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">capable of burning</b>, opp. <b class="b3">καυστός</b> (<b class="b2">capable of being burnt</b>), τὸ καυστὸν οὐ καίεται . . ἄνευ τοῦ καυστικοῦ <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">de An.</span>417a8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>251a16</span>; τὸ πῦρ φύσει κ. Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.71 K.: Comp. -ώτερος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>648b18</span>: Sup. -ώτατος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>307a1</span>, <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">corrosive, caustic</b>, δύναμις κ. Dsc. 2.4 (Comp.); φάρμακα κ. Gal.11.754, Zopyr. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.14.57.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">by means of burning</b>, βάσανοι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>6.27</span>. Adv. -κῶς, βλάπτειν <span class="bibl">Eust.70.36</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of persons, <b class="b2">feverish</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.70</span>; also <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>. <b class="b2">inflammatory humours</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>4.2</span>.</span>

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