καῦμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καίω (kaíō, “burn”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kâu̯.ma/ → /ˈkaβ.ma/ → /ˈkav.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kâu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkaβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkav.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkav.ma/

Noun

καῦμᾰ • (kaûmă) n (genitive καύμᾰτος); third declension

1. burning, glow, heat (especially of the sun)
2. fever
3. (in the plural) holes cut by cautery
4. brand (mark of ownership made by burning)
5. (figuratively) love

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ καῦμᾰ; τοῦ καύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ καῦμᾰ tò kaûmă	τὼ καύμᾰτε tṑ kaúmăte	τᾰ̀ καύμᾰτᾰ tằ kaúmătă
Genitive	τοῦ καύμᾰτος toû kaúmătos	τοῖν καυμᾰ́τοιν toîn kaumắtoin	τῶν καυμᾰ́των tôn kaumắtōn
Dative	τῷ καύμᾰτῐ tôi kaúmătĭ	τοῖν καυμᾰ́τοιν toîn kaumắtoin	τοῖς καύμᾰσῐ / καύμᾰσῐν toîs kaúmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ καῦμᾰ tò kaûmă	τὼ καύμᾰτε tṑ kaúmăte	τᾰ̀ καύμᾰτᾰ tằ kaúmătă
Vocative	καῦμᾰ kaûmă	καύμᾰτε kaúmăte	καύμᾰτᾰ kaúmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: cauma, caumō
• Greek: καύμα (kávma)

Further reading

• “καῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καῦμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καῦμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• καῦμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G2738 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • burning idem, page 105.
  • fervour idem, page 316.
  • fever idem, page 317.
  • fire idem, page 322.
  • glare idem, page 361.
  • glow idem, page 363.
  • heat idem, page 392.
  • scorching-heat idem, page 740.
  • sultriness idem, page 837.
  • warmth idem, page 964.