Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυριφλεγέθων

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυριφλεγέθων

Sense

  1. fire-blazing, Pyriphlegethon

Examples

  • ἔδδεισεν δ’ ὑπένερθεν ἄναξ ἐνέρων Αἰ̈δωνεύσ ‐ κατεφαίνετο γὰρ ἤδη τὰ πλεῖστα, καὶ ἡ λίμνη καὶ ὁ Πυριφλεγέθων καὶ τοῦ Πλούτωνοσ τὰ βασίλεια. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 10:2)
  • "ἔνθα μὲν εἰσ Ἀχέροντα Πυριφλεγέθων τε ῥέουσι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 16:37)
  • ἔνθα μὲν εἰσ Ἀχέροντα Πυριφλεγέθων τε ῥέουσιν Κώκυτόσ θ’, ὃσ δὴ Στυγὸσ ὕδατόσ ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ, πέτρη τε ξύνεσίσ τε δύω ποταμῶν ἐριδούπων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 66:5)
  • οὐδεὶσ Αἵδησ οὐδ’ Ἀχέρων οὐδὲ Κωκυτὸσ οὐδὲ Πυριφλεγέθων, ἀλλὰ πάντα θεῶν μεστὰ καὶ δαιμόνων" 3; (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 15:2)

Synonyms

  1. fire-blazing

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

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