καίω

καίω, [dialect] Att. [full] κάω [pron. full] [ᾱ], [tense] impf.

A

ἔκαιον Od.9.553

, [dialect] Att. ἔκᾱον, [dialect] Ep.

καῖον Il. 21.343

: [tense] fut.

καύσω X.Cyr.5.4.21

, ([etym.] ἐπι-) Pl.Com.186.4, ([etym.] κατα-) Ar. Lys.1218; also

καύσομαι Id.Pl.1054

: [tense] aor. 1

ἔκαυσα Id.Pax1088

, Th. 7.80 (bis), Pl.Grg.456b, etc.; [dialect] Ep. ἔκηα (certain [voice] Act. and [voice] Med. forms have κει- in codd. of Hom., v. infr.),

ἔκηα Il.1.40

, al.; [ per.] 3sg. ἔκηε ([etym.] ν) 22.170, 24.34, al.; unaugm.

κῆεν 21.349

; [ per.] 3pl. ἔκηαν (v.l. ἔκειαν) Od.22.336; imper.

κεῖον 21.176

codd.; [ per.] 1pl. subj.

κείομεν Il.7.333

([pref] κατα-), 377, 396 (better attested than κήομεν); opt. κήαι, κήαιεν, 21.336, 24.38; inf.

κῆαι Od.15.97

(v.l. κεῖαι)

, κατα-κῆαι 10.533

, 11.46, κακκῆαι ib.74 (v.l. κακκεῖαι); part.

κείαντες 9.231

, 13.26, [dialect] Att.

κέαντες A.Ag.849

, S.El.757, ([etym.] ἐκ-) E.Rh.97,

ἐκκέας Ar.Pax1133

(lyr.),

ἐγκέαντι IG12.374.96

,261: [tense] pf. κέκαυκα ([etym.] κατα-, προς-) X.HG6.5.37, Alex.124.3:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor. 1 ἐκαυσάμην ([etym.] ἀν-) Hdt.1.202, 8.19; [dialect] Ep. κείαντο, κειάμενοι, Il.9.88,234;

κειάμενος Od.16.2

, 23.51:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

καυθήσομαι Hp.Nat.Mul.107

, ([etym.] κατα-, ἐκ-) Ar.Nu.1505, Pl.R. 362a; late

κᾰήσομαι 1 Ep.Cor.3.15

: [tense] aor. 1

ἐκαύθην Hp.Epid.4.4

, Int. 28, ([etym.] κατ-) Hdt.1.19, Th.3.74; [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion.[tense] aor. 2 ἐκάην [pron. full] [ᾰ] Il.9.212 ([etym.] κατ-), Od.12.13, ([etym.] δί-) Hp.Loc.Hom.40, ([etym.] κατ-) Hdt.2.180; inf.

καήμεναι Il.

<*>3.210,

καῆναι Parth.9.8

: [tense] pf.

κέκαυμαι E.Cyc.457

, Th.4.34, etc.,

κέκαυσμαι Hp.Int.28

; inf.

κεκαῦσθαι Arist.Mete.343a9

. (From κᾰϝ-yw.)

I kindle,

πυρὰ πολλά Il.9.77

;

πῦρ κείαντες Od.9.231

;

πῦρ κῆαι 15.97

, etc.:—[voice] Med., πῦρ κείαντο they lighted them a fire, Il.9.88, cf. 234, Od.16.2:—[voice] Pass., to be lighted, burn,

πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο Il.1.52

;

θεείου καιομένοιο 8.135

;

καιομένοιο πυρός 19.376

, cf. Hdt.1.86, Ar.V.1372, etc.;

φῶς πυρὸς καόμενον Pl.R.514b

; αἱ φλόγες αἱ καιόμεναι . . περὶ τὸν οὐρανόν the meteors which blaze, Arist.Mete.341b2; of ore, to be smelted, Id.HA552b10.

II set on fire, burn, μηρία, ὀστέα, Od.9.553, Hes.Th.557;

νεκρούς Il.21.343

; δένδρεα ib. 338:—[voice] Pass.,

νηυσὶν καιομένῃσιν 9.602

.

2 make hot, of the sun,

ἀνθρώπους Hdt.3.104

: abs., ibid., Pl.Cra.413b; [Χείμαρρος]

ἠελίῳ κεκαυμένος

smelted,

AP9.277

(Antiphil.).

3 of extreme cold,

ἡ Χιὼν καίει τῶν κυνῶν τὰς ῥῖνας X.Cyn.8.2

, cf. 6.26 ([voice] Pass.);

κάειν λέγεται . . τὸ ψυχρόν, οὐχ ὡς τὸ θερμόν Arist.Mete.382b8

.

4 [voice] Pass., of fever-heat,

τὰ ἐντὸς ἐκάετο Th.2.49

: metaph., of passion, esp. of love, to be on fire,

ἐν φρασὶ καιομένα Pi.P.4.219

;

κάομαι τὴν καρδίαν Ar.Lys.9

;

ἔρως . . ὕβρει καόμενος Pl.Lg.783a

; καίεσθαί τινος (sc. ἔρωτι) Hermesian.7.37, Charito 4.6, cf. Parth.14.2; also καομένη Ἑλλάς Greece being in a fever of excitement, Lys.33.7.

5 suffer from inflammation,

ἐκαύθη ἔσω Hp.Epid.4.20

, cf. 4.

III burn and destroy (in war), τέμνειν καὶ κ., κ. καὶ πορθεῖν, waste with fire and sword, X.HG4.2.15, 6.5.27.

IV of surgeons, cauterize,

ὤμους Hp.Art.11

:—in [voice] Pass., Id.Aph.6.60: abs., τέμνειν καὶ κάειν to use knife and cautery, Pl.Grg.480c,521e, X.An.5.8.18, etc.: rarely reversed,

κέαντες ἢ τεμόντες A.Ag.849

.

V burn or bake pottery, κανθάρους dub. in Phryn.Com.15.