περιφλέγω

περι-φλέγω,

• burn, blaze all round, Plu. QConv. 2.648c.
• • II trans., burn up, wither, θέρος π. τὰ γεννώμενα Ph. 2.391; ἆσθμα π. χαίτην D.Chr. 36.47: with acc. understood, πρὶν ἢ τὸν ἥλιον -φλέγειν Poll. 10.51; overheat, Plu. QConv. 2.651b, Sor. 1.72:—Pass., of victims in the bull of Phalaris, Plb. 12.25.2; to be singed, Philum. Ven. 7.12: metaph., Plu. Vitios. 2.498b; cf. περιφλεύω.