cautēr (noun M) = καυτήρ: (accessory form to cauterium, and only post-class.).
* A branding-iron, Pall. 1, 41, 2; 1, 43, 3; Prud. στεφ. 10, 490.—Trop.: cauterem adigere ambitioni,Tert. Pall. 5.
* A wound made by burning, Prud. στεφ. 5, 229.

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