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.
- "ὁρατοῦ δὲ σώματοσ ἐντυχὼν κάλλει καὶ χρώμενοσ οἱο͂ν ὀργάνῳ τινὶ τῆσ μνήμησ ἀσπάζεται καὶ ἀγαπᾷ, καὶ συνὼν καὶ γεγηθὼσ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐκ φλέγεται τὴν διάνοιαν Καὶ οὔτε μετὰ σωμάτων ὄντεσ ἐνταῦθα τουτὶ τὸ φῶσ ἐπιποθοῦντεσ κάθηνται καὶ θαυμάζοντεσ· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 20 2:10)
- "διὸ καὶ τοῖσ πονηροῖσ ἐν χρόνῳ καὶ σχολαίωσ τὴν δίκην ἐπιτίθησιν, οὐκ αὐτόσ τινα τοῦ ταχὺ κολάζειν ἁμαρτίαν δεδιὼσ ἢ μετάνοιαν, ἀλλ’ ἡμῶν τὸ περὶ τὰσ τιμωρίασ θηριῶδεσ καὶ λάβρον ἀφαιρῶν καὶ διδάσκων μὴ σὺν ὀργῇ μηδ’ ὅτε μάλιστα φλέγεται καὶ σφαδᾴζει πηδῶν ὁ θυμὸσ τῶν φρενῶν ἀνωτέρω καθάπερ δίψαν ἢ πεῖναν ἀποπιμπλάντασ ἐπιπηδᾶν τοῖσ λελυπηκόσιν, ἀλλὰ μιμουμένουσ τὴν ἐκείνου πραότητα καὶ τὴν μέλλησιν, ἐν τάξει καὶ ἐμμελείᾳ τὸν ἥκιστα μετανοίᾳ προσοισόμενον χρόνον ἔχοντασ σύμβουλον , ἅπτεσθαι τῆσ δίκησ. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 56)
- φλέγεται δ’ ἀρεταῖσ μυρίαισ ἔργων θρασέων ἕνεκεν. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 10 1:2)
- φλέγεται δὲ ἰοπλόκοισι Μοίσαισ, μάτρωί̈ θ’ ὁμωνύμῳ δέδωκε κοινὸν θάλοσ, χάλκασπισ ᾧ πότμον μὲν Ἄρησ ἔμιξεν, τιμὰ δ’ ἀγαθοῖσιν ἀντίκειται. (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 7 8:1)
- φλέγεται πῦρ πυρὶ καιόμενον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1093)
- θώρηξ καὶ καρδίη φλέγεται· ποθὴ ψυχροῦ ἠέροσ· εἰσπνέουσι δὲ μικρὸν πάνυ, ἔσ τε καὶ ἀπεπνίχθησαν, ἐμφραγείσησ τῆσ ἐσ τὸν θώρηκα διόδου. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 71)
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)
