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κατακαίω , Att. καταιτι-κάω [α_], Ep. inf.
A.κατακαιέμενIl.7.408: fut. “-καύσωAr.Lys.1218: aor. “κατέκαυσαTh.7.25; Ep. 3sg. “κατέκηεIl.6.418; 1pl. subj. κατακήομεν (v.l. -κείομεν) Il.7.333; inf. “κατακῆαιOd.11.46, κακκῆαι ib.74 (v.l. -κεῖαι): pf. “-κέκαυκαX.HG6.5.37, Phld. Acad.Ind.p.69M.:—Pass., fut. “-καυθήσομαιAr.Nu.1505, “-καήσομαι1 Ep.Cor.3.15: aor. κατεκαύθην (the Att. form) Hdt.4.69, 6.101, “κατεκάηνId.1.51, 2.107; Lacon. inf. “-καῆμενPlu.Lyc.20; -εκαύσθην Chron.Lind.D.41: pf. “-κέκαυμαιAnd.1.108:—burn completely, in Hom. of sacrifices and dead bodies, “κατακήομεν αὐτούςIl.7.333; “μιν κατέκηε σὺν ἔντεσι6.418; κ. τοὺς μάντιας burn them alive, Hdt. 4.69; “ζῶντα κατακαυθῆναιId.1.86, cf. 2.107; of cities and houses, etc., “κατὰ μὲν ἔκαυσαν . . πόλινId.8.33; “κατεκαίετο ἐν Δελφοῖσι νηόςId.1.50; [οἰκίη] “κατεκάηId.4.79; “κατακαυθέντων ἱρῶνId.6.101; “τείχη -κεκαυμέναAnd. l.c.; γῆ κατακεκαυμένη burnt earth, Arist. Mete.358a14; Κατακεκαυμένη, name of the upper valley of the Hermus, in Lydia, Str.13.4.11, cf. κατακεκαυμενίτης; of the fingers, to be burnt with hot food, Porph.Abst.4.15; also “κ. τὴν κοιλίανPMagd.33.4 (iii B.C.).
2. of hot winds, parch, “τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆςPHib.1.27.73 (iii B.C.), al.
3. metaph., “ ἔρως ἐμέ . . κατακέκαυκενLyr.Alex.Adesp.8c):—Pass., “τὰ στόματα -κάεται ἐπὶ τέχνηνAnaxandr. 33.6; “-καίομαι καταλελειμμένηLyr.Alex.Adesp.1.24.
II. Pass., of fire, κατὰ πῦρ ἐκάη had burnt down, burnt out, Il.9.212.
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    • Andocides, On the Mysteries, 108
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.86
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    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.51
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    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.69
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.79
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.101
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    • Homer, Iliad, 6.418
    • Homer, Iliad, 7.333
    • Homer, Odyssey, 11.46
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 3.15
    • Strabo, Geography, 13.4.11
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.25
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 6.5.37
    • Homer, Iliad, 7.408
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.212
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 1505
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