φλεγέθω

phlegetho

scorch, burn up

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17738
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18211
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21358
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23197

Dictionary (LSJ)

φλεγέθω, poet. form of φλέγω, only pres.: I. trans., scorch, burn up, πῦρ πόλιν φλεγέθει Il. 17.738:—Pass., ὄφρα πυρὶ φλεγεθοίατο νεκροί 23.197. II. intr., blaze, flare up, πυρὶ φλεγέθοντι 21.358, cf. Orph. Fr. 194; πυρσοί τε φλεγέθουσι Il. 18.211; κεραυνοῦ φλεγέθοντος Hes. Th.[846]; [Ἅλιος] λαμπρᾷ στεροπᾷ φλεγέθων S. Tr. 99 (lyr.), cf. E. Ph. 169 (lyr.): metaph., blaze forth, shine, A. Supp. 88 (lyr.).

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