Katapsucho describes the requested cooling of a tongue with water amid the pain of flame.

Its sole attested use describes cooling the speaker's tongue by means of water in the setting of pain from flame.

1. cooling a tongue with water · dominant

   In Luke 16:24, καταψύξῃ is an aorist active subjunctive in the request that Lazarus dip his finger in water; the APB renders the requested result as “cool my tongue” while the speaker says he is in pain in the flame.

   Luke 16:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 16:24, the APB presents the request with “cool my tongue.” This wording confirms the clause's overall request rather than establishing a finer distinction.