ἐπίκαυσις

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.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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