causticus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkau̯s.tɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkau̯s.ti.kus] === Adjective === causticus (feminine caustica, neuter causticum); first/second-declension adjective burning, caustic, corrosive ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “causticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “causticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.