καυστικός

kaustikos

capable of burning

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.

On the Heavens 2
Open On the Heavens ›
Book III 2
Chapter 8 306b3–307b24

306b32
307a1
Meteorology 2
Open Meteorology ›
Book IV 2
Chapter 9 385b6–388a9

387a25
387a30
De Anima 1
Open De Anima ›
Book II 1
Chapter 5 416b32–418a6

417a8
Parts of Animals 1
Open Parts of Animals ›
Book II 1
Chapter 2 647b10–649b8

648b18
Physics 1
Open Physics ›
Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 250b11–252b6

251a16

Dictionary (LSJ)

καυστικός, ή, όν, A. capable of burning, opp. καυστός (capable of being burnt), τὸ καυστὸν οὐ καίεται . . ἄνευ τοῦ καυστικοῦ Arist. de An. 417a8, cf. Ph. 251a16; τὸ πῦρ φύσει κ. Phld. Mus.p.71 K.: Comp. -ώτερος Arist. PA 648b18: Sup. -ώτατος Id. Cael. 307a1, Corn. ND 32. b. corrosive, caustic, δύναμις κ. Dsc. 2.4 (Comp.); φάρμακα κ. Gal. 11.754, Zopyr. ap. Orib. 14.57.1. 2. of or by means of burning, βάσανοι LXX 4 Ma. 6.27. Adv. -κῶς, βλάπτειν Eust. 70.36. 3. of persons, feverish, Hp. Prorrh. 1.70; also τὰ κ. inflammatory humours, Id. Epid. 4.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of καυστικός — with the passages he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated, interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide. Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.

‹ All lexicon entries