φλέγμα
phlegma
flame, fire, heat
Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φλέγμα, ατος, τό, (φλέγω) A. flame, fire, heat, Il. 21.337. II. Medic. 1. inflammation, heat, Prog. 18, Morb. 2.27, Nat.Fac. 2.9. 2. phlegm, one of the four humours in the body, 4.187, Nat.Hom. 4, Aph. 7.54, l.c., HP 9.11.9; φ. ὀξὺ καὶ ἁλμυρὸν πηγὴ πάντων νοσημάτων ὅσα γίγνεται καταρροϊκά Ti. 85b, cf. 83c sq.; ἡ χολὴ μέν ἐστι θερμόν, τὸ δὲ φ. ψυχρόν Pr. 862b28, cf. R. 564b; τὸ πικρὸν φ. Vit.p.18J.: pl., Ti. 82e; φ. ἁλυκά ib.86e. 3. λευκὸν φ., a kind of dropsy, anasarca, Aph. 7.75 (but λευκὸν φ., in the common sense, Ti. 83d, 85a). 4. in Poets, malignant, angry humour, ἄγριον Ἀρχιλόχου φ. AP 7.70 (), cf. 377 (pl., ).
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