φλεγέθω
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
poet. form of φλέγω, only pres.: I trans., scorch, burn up, πῦρ πόλιν φλεγέθει Il.17.738:—Pass., ὄφρα πυρὶ φλεγεθοίατο νεκροί 23.197. II intr., blaze, flare up, πυρὶ φλεγέθοντι 21.358, cf. Orph.Fr.194; πυρσοί τε φλεγέθουσι Il.18.211; κεραυνοῦ φλεγέθοντος Hes.Th.[846]; [Ἅλιος] λαμπρᾷ στεροπᾷ φλεγέθων S.Tr.99 (lyr.), cf. E.Ph.169 (lyr.): metaph., blaze forth, shine, A.Supp.88 (lyr.).
