περιφλέγω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
A burn, blaze all round, Id.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.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.2.498b ; cf. περιφλεύω.
German (Pape)
[Seite 599] ringsum verbrennen, Pol. 12, 25, 2; Plut. u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
περιφλέγω: καίω, φλέγω ὁλόγυρα, Πλούτ. 2. 648C, Δίων Χρ. 2. 97. ― Παθ., Πολύβ. 12. 25, 2.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1 tr. enflammer tout autour, acc.;
2 intr. être ardent tout autour.
Étymologie: περί, φλέγω.
Greek Monolingual
ΜΑ
παθ. περιφλέγομαι
καίγομαι από παντού, κατακαίγομαι
μσν.
παθ. καταστρέφομαι («βλέφαρα περιπεφλεγμένα ταῑς ῥοαῑς τῶν δακρύων», Ιωάνν. Δαμ.)
αρχ.
1. καίω, έχω φλόγες ολόγυρα («τῶν τόπων ἐμπύρων ὄντων καί περιφλεγόντων», Πλούτ.)
2. φλέγω, καίω ολόγυρα («θέρος περιφλέγει τὰ γεννώμενα», Φίλων)
3. κατακαίω, καταστρέφω τελείως.
