Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιφλεγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιφλεγής περιφλεγές

Structure: περιφλεγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from perifle/gw

Sense

  1. very burning.

Examples

  • ἐν δὲ τούτοισ ὄντα κατὰ θέρουσ ἀκμὴν καῦμα περιφλεγὲσ λαμβάνει αὐτόν. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 3 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. very burning

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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