φλόξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. [[φλογός]]: ([[φλέγω]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[flame]] of [[fire]], Od.24.71, etc.; δεινὴ δὲ φλὸξ ὦρτο θεείου καιομένοιο Il.8.135; τῆς δὲ [νηὸς] κατ' ἀσβέστη κέχυτο φλόξ 16.123; κατὰ πῦρ ἐκάη καὶ φλὸξ ἐμαράνθη 9.212; more fully, φλὸξ Ἡφαίστοιο Il.17.88, Od. [[l.c.]]; πυρός Pi.''P.''4.225, E.''Ba.''8, ''Heracl.''914 (lyr.), Pl.''Ti.''83b, etc. (but also φλογὸς [[αἰθέριος|αἰθέριον]] πῦρ Parm.8.56); φλογὸς [[σπέρμα]], of [[live]] [[charcoal]], Pi.''O.''7.48; [[ἀναιθύσσειν]], [[θύειν]], E.''Tr.''344, ''IT''1331; [[ἐγείρειν]], [[παρακαλεῖν]], X. ''Smp.''2.24, ''Cyr.''7.5.23; [[ἐμβαλεῖν]] τινι [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''4, ''Rh.''120; σβέσαι Th.2.77; φ. ἀπέσσυτο Hes.''Th.''859; [[ἀπορρέω|ἀπορρέουσα]] Pl.''Ti.''67c; φλογὸς [[ἀποσβέννυμι|ἀποσβεσθείσης]] ib.58c: later in plural, [[flame]]s, [[meteor]]s, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''341b2, ''Mu.''392b3, 400a30, Orph.''L.''178, Nic.''Fr.''74.48.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fire]] as an [[element]], φλογὸς αἶσα Parm.12.2; φ. [[ἱλάειρα]] Emp.85.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of other kinds of [[flame]], [[φλόξ κεραυνία]], [[φλόξ οὐρανία]], of [[lightning]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1017, [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]''  144 (anap.); of the [[heat]] of the [[sun]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''22, ''Pers.''505, S.''Tr.''696; [[flash]] of a [[miraculous]] [[cloud]], Il.18.206; of [[precious]] [[stone]]s, ψυχρὰ φλόξ Pi.''Fr.'' 123.5; the [[blade]] of a [[sword]], [[LXX]] ''Jd.''3.22, Aq., Thd.''1 Ki.''17.7.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in similes and metaphors, φλογὶ [[εἴκελος]], [[ἶσος]], of [[fiery]] [[warrior]]s, Il.13.330, 39; [[φλόξ οἴνου]] = [[the fiery strength of wine]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''758; φλόξ πήματος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''166 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[wallflower]], [[Cheiranthus cheiri]], [[Erysimum cheiri]], Thphr.''HP''6.6.2.