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.
- χιὼν δὲ καὶ κρύσταλλοσ ὑπέμεινε πῦρ καὶ οὐκ ἐτήκετο, ἵνα γνῶσιν ὅτι τοὺσ τῶν ἐχθρῶν καρποὺσ κατέφθειρε πῦρ φλεγόμενον ἐν τῇ χαλάζῃ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ὑετοῖσ διαστράπτον. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:22)
- καθ’ ἕνα στρεβλούμενον καὶ φλεγόμενον ὁρῶσα μήτηρ, οὐ μετεβάλλετο διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:14)
- πρόσαγε χορόν, ἔπαγε <δὲ> Χάριτασ, ἐπὶ δὲ κάλεσον Ἄρτεμιν, ἐπὶ δὲ δίδυμον ἀγέχορον Ιἤιον εὔφρον’, ἐπὶ δὲ Νύσιον, ὃσ μετὰ μαινάσι Βάκχιοσ ὄμμασι δαίεται, Δία τε πυρὶ φλεγόμενον, ἐπί τε πότνιαν ἄλοχον ὀλβίαν· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, lyric1)
- ἡ δ’ ὄψισ αὕτη τὸ θάρσοσ αὔξουσα καὶ παρακαλοῦσα τὴν ὁρμὴν ἐποίει φιλοπαράβολον καὶ πρόθυμον ἐπὶ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ, ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ θεάμασι πολυτέλεια τρυφὴν ἐπάγεται καὶ μαλακίαν ἐνδίδωσι τοῖσ χρωμένοισ, ὥσπερ ὑπὸ νυγμῶν καὶ γαργαλισμῶν τῆσ αἰσθήσεωσ συνεπικλώσησ τὴν διάνοιαν, ἡ δ’ εἰσ τὰ τοιαῦτα ῥώννυσι καὶ μεγαλύνει τὸν θυμόν, ὥσπερ Ὅμηροσ ἐποίησε τὸν Ἀχιλλέα τῶν καινῶν ὅπλων παρατεθέντων ἐγγὺσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ὄψεωσ οἱο͂ν ὀργῶντα καὶ φλεγόμενον πρὸσ τὴν δι’ αὐτῶν ἐνέργειαν. (Plutarch, Philopoemen, chapter 9 6:1)
- πρόσεστι, μέτριοσ μὲν ἄν σοι φανείη καὶ πρᾶοσ ἐν τῷ παρεῖναι καὶ συμφιλοσοφεῖν ὅταν δ’ ἀποσπασθῇ καὶ χωρὶσ γένηται, θεῶ φλεγόμενον καὶ ἀδημονοῦντα καὶ δυσκολαίνοντα πᾶσι πράγμασι καὶ ἀσχολίαισ, μνήμῃ δὲ φιλῶν ὥσπερ ἄλογοσ ἐλαύνεται πόθῳ τῷ πρὸσ φιλοσοφίαν. (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 4 9:1)
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)
