Phlegethon

Phlĕgĕthon, ontis, m., = Φλεγέθων (burning, blazing),

• a river in the Lower World, which ran with fire instead of water: Chaos et Phlegethon loca nocte silentia late, Verg. A. 6, 265: Tartareus, id. ib. 6, 551; Stat. Th. 4, 522: ardenti freto Phlegethon harenas igneus tostas agens, Sen. Thyest. 1018; id. Oedip. 162; id. Agam. 752. —Hence,
• • A Phlĕgĕthontēus, a, um, adj., Phlegethontian: ripa, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 88.—
  • B Phlĕgĕthontis, ĭdis, f. adj., Phlegethontian: unda, Ov. M. 15, 532: lympha, id. ib. 5, 544.

Phlegethōn, ontis, m. (φλεγέθων, brennend), Feuerstrom, einer von den Flüssen der Unterwelt, in dem statt des Wassers Feuer fließt, Verg. Aen. 6, 265 u. 551. Stat. Theb. 4, 523; vgl. Pyriphlegethon. – Dav.: A) Phlegethontēus, a, um, phlegethontëisch, ripa, Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 88: undae, Augustin. epist. 108, 20. – B) Phlegethontis, idis, f., phlegethontisch, lympha, Ov. met. 5, 544: unda, ibid. 15, 532.

Phlegethon [CL < φλεγέθων] , ‘Blazing’, one of the rivers of the underworld; b (w. ref. to Christian concept of hell-fire). Flegton, inferni fluminis GlH F 462; de Flegetonte, de fluvio infirni, of ligspiwelum flode GlP 207; Tartarus, Styx, Cocytus, Gehenna, ~on; licet hec et alia multa loca sint aput inferos, pro inferno tamen accipiuntur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 401; Flagiton [gl.: fluvius inferni] WW.  b ipse quidem solitos gaudet perferre labores, / tu Phlaegeton subies, Herebum manesque pavesces Frith. 1094; urgeor, o defungar, et o, fratres, vigilate, / Pyr-Flegeton calida ne vos absorbeat unda! Ib. 1353; equidialis ibi vicino linea Sole / estuat immodice, sed Flegetonte minus Garl. Epith. II 16.

Phlĕgĕthōn, (13) ontis, m. (Φλεγέθων), fleuve des enfers qui roule des flammes : Virg. En. 6, 265 || -tēus, a, um, du Phlégéthon : Claud. Pros. 1, 88.

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Phle'gethon

(Φλεγέθων), i. e. the flaming, a river in the lower world, is described as a son of Cocytus; butheis more commonly called Pyriphlegethon. (Verg. A. 6.265, 550; Stat. Tolwb. 4.522.) [L.S]

Phlegethōn ontis, m

• , Φλεγέθων, a river of fire in the Lower World, V.

Phlegĕthon

(Φλεγέθων), “the flaming,” and Pyriphlĕgthon (Πυριφλεγέθων), “flaming with fire.” A river in the lower world, in whose channel flowed flames instead of water. See Hades.