καῦσις

εως, ἡ
A. burning, [τῶν ἱρῶν] Hdt. 2.40; λύχνοι τῆς κ. LXX Ex. 39.17 (37), cf. PLond. 3.1177.74 (ii A.D.).
II. in Surgery, cautery, Hp. Mochl. 3; ἢ καύσει ἢ τομῇ Pl. R. 406d: in pl., Hp. Art. 11, Pl. R. 426b, Ti. 65b.
III. in pl., burning heat, ψύξεις τε καὶ κ. Id. Tht. 156b.
IV. smelting, χαλκοῦ, ἀργύρου, Str. 14.6.5.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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