καύςων

ωνος, ὁ
A. burning heat, summer heat, Ev.Matt. 20.12, Orph. Fr. 264, Luc. Philops. 25; καύσωνος ὥρᾳ Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.73a; ἄνεμος καύσων sirocco, LXX Je. 18.17, al.; κ. alone, ib.Ju. 8.3, Ep.Jac. 1.11, Ath.Med. ap.Orib. 1.2.13, Ptol. Tetr. 85.
2. κ. στομάχου heartburn, Dsc. 1.22.
3. κ. πυρετός, = καῦσος (A) 1, Alex.Trall. Febr. 2.
II. = διψάς 11, Ael. NA 6.51, Philum. Ven. 20.1.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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