καυστικός

from καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

καυστῐκός • (kaustikós) m (feminine καυστῐκή, neuter καυστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. burnable, combustible
2. corrosive, caustic
3. of or by means of burning
4. feverish, inflammatory

• → Greek: καυστικός (kafstikós) (learned)
• → Latin: causticus (see there for further descendants)

• καυστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “καυστικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “καυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek καυστικός (kaustikós) and from French caustique, from Latin causticus, from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kaf.stiˈkos/
• Hyphenation: καυ‧στι‧κός

καυστικός • (kafstikós) m (feminine καυστική, neuter καυστικό)

1. caustic (capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue)
2. (figuratively) caustic (sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way)