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Pyriphlegethon

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συκοφάντης ἐστὶν ἐν πόλει λύκος (τοῖς πέλας λύκος) → Calumniator, quemquem novit, huic lupus'st → Der Denunziant lebt in der Stadt gleichsam als Wolf (ist seinen Nachbarn wie ein Wolf)

Menander, Monostichoi, 440

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pyrĭphlĕgĕthon: ontis, m., = Πυριφλεγέθων,>
I a river in the Infernal Regions, usually called Phlegethon, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43 dub.; Tert. Apol. 47 fin.; Arn. 2, 52.