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LNS

cautērium, cautēriī

cauterium

καυτήσιον

noun (n., 2^nd declension)

An instrument used for branding, a branding-iron
An instrument used in encaustic painting for burning in the wax

Abbreviations

cautērium, ii, n., = καυτήσιον. An instrument used for branding, a branding-iron, Veg. 1, 14, 3; 1, 1, 28; in medicine, a cautery, Plin. 25, 8, 39, § 80; 22, 23, 49, § 102; Scrib. Comp. 240.

— An instrument used in encaustic painting for burning in the wax, Dig. 33, 7, 17; Tert. adv. Herm. 1.