καίω,
Att. κάω [ᾱ], impf. ἔκαιον Od. 9.553, Att. ἔκᾱον, καῖον Il. 21.343: fut. καύσω X. Cyr. 5.4.21, (ἐπι-) Pl.Com. 186.4, (κατα-) Ar. Lys. 1218; also καύσομαι Id. Pl. 1054: aor. 1 ἔκαυσα Id. Pax 1088, Th. 7.80 (bis), Pl. Grg. 456b, etc.; ἔκηα (certain Act. and Med. forms have κει- in codd. of Hom., v. infr.), ἔκηα Il. 1.40, al.; 3 sg. ἔκηε (ν) 22.170, 24.34, al.; unaugm. κῆεν 21.349; 3 pl. ἔκηαν (v.l. ἔκειαν) Od. 22.336; imper. κεῖον 21.176 codd.; 1 pl. subj. κείομεν Il. 7.333 (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, Att. κέαντες A. Ag. 849, S. El. 757, (ἐκ-) E. Rh. 97, ἐκκέας Ar. Pax 1133 (lyr.), ἐγκέαντι IG 12.374.96,261: pf. κέκαυκα (κατα-, προς-) X. HG 6.5.37, Alex. 124.3: -
Med., aor. 1 ἐκαυσάμην (ἀν-) Hdt. 1.202, 8.19; κείαντο, κειάμενοι, Il. 9.88, 234; κειάμενος Od. 16.2, 23.51: -
Pass., fut. καυθήσομαι Hp. Nat.Mul. 107, (κατα-, ἐκ-) Ar. Nu. 1505, Pl. R. 362a; late κᾰήσομαι [1Co 3:15]: aor. 1 ἐκαύθην Hp. Epid. 4.4, Int. 28, (κατ-) Hdt. 1.19, Th. 3.74; and Ion. aor. 2 ἐκάην [ᾰ] Il. 9.212 (κατ-), Od. 12.13, (δί-) Hp. Loc.Hom. 40, (κατ-) Hdt. 2.180; inf. καήμεναι Il. [*] 3.210, καῆναι Parth. 9.8: 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.: -
I Med., πῦρ κείαντο they lighted them a fire, Il. 9.88, cf. 234, Od. 16.2: - 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. HA 552b10.
II
1. set on fire, burn, μηρία, ὀστέα, Od. 9.553, Hes. Th. 557; νεκρούς Il. 21.343; δένδρεα ib. 338: - Pass., νηυσὶν καιομένῃσιν 9.602.
2. make hot, of the sun, ἀνθρώπους Hdt. 3.104: abs., ibid., Pl. Cra. 413b; [ Χείμαρρος ] ἠελίῳ κεκαυμένος smelted, AP 9.277 (Antiphil.).
3. of extreme cold, ἡ Χιὼν καίει τῶν κυνῶν τὰς ῥῖνας X. Cyn. 8.2, cf. 6.26 (Pass.); κάειν λέγεται.. τὸ ψυχρόν, οὐχ ὡς τὸ θερμόν Arist. Mete. 382b8.
4. 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. HG 4.2.15, 6.5.27. of surgeons, cauterize, ὤμους Hp. Art. 11: - in 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. burn or bake pottery, κανθάρους dub. in Phryn.Com. 15.
G2545 — καίω
(Vanicek, p. 98); passive, present καίομαι; perfect participle κεκαυμενος; 1 future καυθήσομαι ([1Co 13:3] Tdf., where R G L Tr give the solecistic future subjunctive καυθήσωμαι, on which cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 720f; Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 e.; Buttmann, 35f (31)); (Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 40; WHs Appendix, p. 172; Tdf Proleg., p. 122. WH text, Lachmann's stereotypeed edition read καυχήσωμαι (with א A B etc.); on this reading see WHs Appendix, ad loc.; A. W. Tyler in Bib. Sacr. for July 1873, p. 502f; cf. Scrivener, Introduction, etc., p. 629f; Tregelles, Printed Text etc., p. 191f; Tdf. ad loc.); the Sept. for בִּעֵר, שָׂרַף etc.; (from Homer down);
1. to set fire to, light: λύχνον, [Mat 5:15]; passive participle καιόμενος, burning, [Luk 12:35]; [Rev 4:5]; [Rev 8:10]; [Rev 19:20]; with πυρί added, [Heb 12:18]; [Rev 8:8]; [Rev 21:8]; in figurative discourse λύχνος καιόμενος, a light showing the right way, [Joh 5:35] (a comparison pointed at the Jews, to whom John the Baptist had been as a torch lighted for a merry-making); metaphorically, ἡ καρδία ἦν καιομένη was glowing, burning, i. e. was greatly moved, [Luk 24:32] (Winers Grammar, § 45, 5; Buttmann, § 144, 28).
2. to burn, consume with fire: passive, [Joh 15:6]; [1Co 13:3] (see above); with πυρί added (cf. igni cremare, Caesar b. g. 1, 4), [Mat 13:40] G Tr for R L T WH κατακαίεται. (Compare: ἐκκαίω, κατακαίω.)