φλέγω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φλέγω
Structure:
φλέγ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I set on fire, burn, scorch
- I kindle, arouse, inflame
Conjugation
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.
- ὅστισ πυρὸσ λαμπτῆρασ ἐξήρθησ κλύων φλέγειν Ἀχαιούσ, καὶ στρατὸν μέλλεισ ἄγειν τάφρουσ ὑπερβὰσ νυκτὸσ ἐν καταστάσει. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:17)
- ἐγὼ δέ γ’ ἄνδρασ ἓξ ἐμοὶ σὺν ἑβδόμῳ ἀντηρέτασ ἐχθροῖσι τὸν μέγαν τρόπον εἰσ ἑπτατειχεῖσ ἐξόδουσ τάξω μολών, πρὶν ἀγγέλουσ σπερχνούσ τε καὶ ταχυρρόθουσ λόγουσ ἱκέσθαι καὶ φλέγειν χρείασ ὕπο. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 2:3)
- ἐξίσταται δὲ νυκτὸσ αἰανὴσ κύκλοσ τῇ λευκοπώλῳ φέγγοσ ἡμέρᾳ φλέγειν· (Sophocles, Ajax, episode15)
- τῶν γὰρ υἱῶν αὐτοῦ τεσσάρων ὄντων, ὡσ προεῖπον, δύο οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Νάβαδοσ καὶ Ἀβιοῦσ κομίσαντεσ ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν οὐχ ὧν προεῖπε Μωυσῆσ θυμάτων, ἀλλ’ οἷσ ἐχρῶντο πρότερον, κατεκαύθησαν τοῦ πυρὸσ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ τὴν ὁρμὴν βαλόντοσ καὶ τὰ στέρνα καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα φλέγειν αὐτῶν ἀρξαμένου καὶ σβέσαι μηδενὸσ δυναμένου. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 262:1)
Synonyms
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I set on fire
- φλεγέθω (to burn, scorch, burn up)
- συγκαίω (set on fire with or at once, burn up)
- ἐπιφλέγω (to burn up, consume, to set fire to)
- καυματίζω (to burn or scorch up, to be burnt up)
- ἐμπίμπρημι (to kindle, burn, set on fire)
- φλογίζω (to set on fire, burn, burn up)
- ἐκφλέγω (to set on fire)
- πυρφορέω (to set on fire)
- διαπυρόω (to set on fire)
- προσκαίω (to set on fire or burn besides, burnt at the fire, to be in love with . .)
- περικαίω (to burn round about: - , to be all scorched)
