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.
- κἀπιστήσει μισεῖν ἀγορὰν καὶ βαλανείων ἀπέχεσθαι, καὶ τοῖσ αἰσχροῖσ αἰσχύνεσθαι, κἂν σκώπτῃ τίσ σε φλέγεσθαι· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, epirrheme 1:5)
- οἱ φυσικοὶ καὶ ἀχρώματον οὐσίαν καὶ ὕλην λέγουσιν ὑποκειμένην καὶ τρεπομένην ὑφ’ αὑτῆσ νῦν μὲν φλέγεσθαι νῦν δ’ ἐξυγραίνεσθαι, τοτὲ δ’ ἐξαεροῦσθαι πήγνυσθαι δ’ αὖθισ, οὕτωσ ἄρα τῇ πολυφιλίᾳ ψυχὴν ὑποκεῖσθαι δεήσει πολυπαθῆ καὶ πολύτροπον καὶ ὑγρὰν καὶ ῥᾳδίαν μεταβάλλειν. (Plutarch, De amicorum multitudine, chapter, section 9 5:1)
- πολὺσ γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ἀρχομένοισ διὰ τὸ φλέγεσθαι προεκπίπτων , ὅταν ἐκλάμψωσιν, ἀφανίζεται. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 7 1:2)
- "φλέγεσθαι τὸ σῶμα καὶ καταλαμβάνειν ὠχρότητα καὶ πλάνον αὐτὴν καὶ ἴλιγγον. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 18 2:7)
- ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῷ χρυσῷ διαπύρουσ καὶ διαφανεῖσ ὑπὸ τοῦ φλέγεσθαι γενομένασ ἐνέβαλλον εἰσ τὴν τοῦ μολίβδου βάπτοντεσ· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 22 61:3)
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)
