ἐκφλέγω
From LSJ
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
A to set on fire: metaph., τὴν πόλιν Ar.Pax608, LXX 4 Ma. 16.3:—Pass., metaph., ἐκφλέγεσθαι τὴν διάνοιαν to be inflamed... Plu.2.766a. 2 warm up, Aret.SA2.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 785] entzünden; auch übertr., πόλιν, zum Kriege, Ar. Pax 609; ἐκφλέγεται τὴν διάνοιαν Plut. amat. 20 M.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκφλέγω: πυρπολῶ˙ μεταφ., αὐτὸς ἐξέφλεξε τὴν πόλιν Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 608: - Παθ., ἐκφλέγεσθαι τὴν διάνοιαν Πλούτ. 2. 766Α.
