καῦσος(A),ὁ,
A. causus, i.e.bilious remittent fever(the endemic fever of the Levant), Hp. VM 17 (pl.), Aph. 3.21 (pl.), Arist. Pr. 861b34 , 862a2 ; πυρέττειν καύσῳ
Id. Metaph. 981a12
;κ. στομάχου heartburn, Dsc. 1.43 , al.: generally,fever, heat, Nic. Th. 338 .
II. in pl., lands fertilized by burning brushwood, etc., Ath.Med. ap. Orib. 1.2.4 .