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.
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩΝ ἀνὴρ ἐλέγχων ἀνδρὸσ σκληροτραχήλου, ἐξαπίνησ γὰρ φλεγομένου αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἴασισ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 29:1)
- φλεγομένου δὲ τοῦ πύργου Ῥωμαῖοι μὲν ἀναχωροῦσι γεγηθότεσ ὡσ διεφθαρμένου καὶ Νίγεροσ, ὁ δὲ εἰσ τὸ μυχαίτατον τοῦ φρουρίου σπήλαιον καταπηδήσασ ἐκ τοῦ πύργου διασώζεται, καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέρασ τρεῖσ τοῖσ μετ’ ὀλοφυρμοῦ πρὸσ κηδείαν αὐτὸν ἐρευνῶσιν ὑποφθέγγεται. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 35:1)
- συνήχει δὲ ἡ φλὸξ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐκφερομένη τοῖσ τῶν πιπτόντων στεναγμοῖσ, καὶ διὰ μὲν τὸ ὕψοσ τοῦ λόφου καὶ τὸ τοῦ φλεγομένου μέγεθοσ ἔργου πᾶσαν ἄν τισ ἔδοξε καίεσθαι τὴν πόλιν, τῆσ δὲ βοῆσ ἐκείνησ οὐδὲν ἐπινοηθῆναι δύναιτ’ ἂν ἢ μεῖζον ἢ φοβερώτερον. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 309:1)
- Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ μάταιον τὴν ἐπὶ τοῖσ πέριξ φειδὼ κρίναντεσ τοῦ ναοῦ φλεγομένου πάντα συνεπίμπρασαν, τά τε λείψανα τῶν στοῶν καὶ τὰσ πύλασ πλὴν δύο, τῆσ μὲν ἐκ τῶν ἀνατολικῶν τῆσ δὲ μεσημβρινῆσ· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 319:1)
- καιομένην γοῦν ἀφορῶντεσ τὴν πόλιν ἱλαροῖσ τοῖσ προσώποισ εὔθυμοι προσδέχεσθαι τὴν τελευτὴν ἔλεγον, πεφονευμένου μὲν τοῦ δήμου, κεκαυμένου δὲ τοῦ ναοῦ, φλεγομένου δὲ τοῦ ἄστεοσ μηδὲν καταλιπόντεσ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 412:2)
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)
