Φλέγων

burning up

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Oct 2011Vetting: high2 revisions

1 note · 15 words
[Meaning he who/that which is] kindling, stirring up. "Burning a disaster up to the heavens".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φλέγων· ζωπυρῶν, ἀνεγείρων. ἄταν οὐρανίαν φλέγων.

Betacode
*fle/gwn: zwpurw=n, a)negei/rwn. a)/tan ou)rani/an fle/gwn.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of fle/gw (for which verb see also phi 525) -- is extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Sophocles, Ajax 196 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

φ524Φλεγμαίνουσαν πόλινswelling city, inflamed cityφ525Φλέγειburns bright, flames, inflamesφ526Φλέγωνburning upφ527ΦλέγωνPhlegonφ528Φλεγραίας πεδίονplain of Phlegraia, plain of Phlegraea
Revision history2 revisions · last 13 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another note and keyword — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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