A.burning hot, raging, only as Adj.in gen., “μάχης καυστείρης” Il.4.342, 12.316; “καυ στείρης . . καμίνου” Nic.Th.924: accented καυστειρῆς in good codd. of Hom. and Nic.:—later in the form καυστηρός , Opp.H.2.509, v.l. in Nic.l.c., cf. EM493.44, Hsch.
καύσ-τειρα^ , fem. of καυστήρ,