Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φλεγύης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φλεγύης φλεγύου

Structure: φλεγυ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: fle/gw

Sense

  1. fiery red, red-brown

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ἀλλὰ τὸ Σισύφου καὶ τὸ Αὐτολύκου καὶ τὸ Φλεγύου γένοσ ἤνθησεν ἐν δόξαισ καὶ ἀρεταῖσ μεγάλων βασιλέων. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 7 3:14)
  • ἰητῆρα νόσων Ἀσκληπιὸν ἄρχομ’ ἀείδειν, υἱὸν Ἀπόλλωνοσ, τὸν ἐγείνατο δῖα Κορωνὶσ Δωτίῳ ἐν πεδίῳ, κούρη Φλεγύου βασιλῆοσ, χάρμα μέγ’ ἀνθρώποισι, κακῶν θελκτῆρ’ ὀδυνάων. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:1)
  • τινὲσ δὲ Ἀσκληπιὸν οὐκ ἐξ Ἀρσινόησ τῆσ Λευκίππου λέγουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐκ Κορωνίδοσ τῆσ Φλεγύου ἐν Θεσσαλίᾳ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 10 4:13)
  • τοὺσ μὲν γὰρ Γυρτωνίουσ Φλεγύασ πρότερον ἐκάλουν ἀπὸ Φλεγύου τοῦ Ἰξίονοσ ἀδελφοῦ, τοὺσ δὲ Κραννωνίουσ Ἐφύρουσ, ὥστε διαπορεῖν, ὅταν φῇ ὁ ποιητήσ "τὼ μὲν ἄρ’ ἐκ Θρῄκησ Ἐφύρουσ μέτα θωρήσσοντο ἠὲ μετὰ Φλεγύασ μεγαλήτορασ," τίνασ ποτὲ βούλεται λέγειν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 5 30:5)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION