Phlegethon
Ἰὸς πέφυκεν ἀσπίδος κακὴ γυνή → Ipsum venenum aspidis mulier mala → Das reinste Natterngift ist eine schlechte Frau
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
(River) Φλεγέθων, -οντας, ὁ. Plat. gives the name as Πυριφλεγέθων, -οντος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phlĕgĕthon: ontis, m., = Φλεγέθων (burning, blazing),
I a river in the Lower World, which ran with fire instead of water: Chaos et Phlegethon loca nocte silentia late, Verg. A. 6, 265: Tartareus, id. ib. 6, 551; Stat. Th. 4, 522: ardenti freto Phlegethon harenas igneus tostas agens, Sen. Thyest. 1018; id. Oedip. 162; id. Agam. 752. —Hence,
A Phlĕgĕthontēus, a, um, adj., Phlegethontian: ripa, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 88.—
B Phlĕgĕthontis, ĭdis, f. adj., Phlegethontian: unda, Ov. M. 15, 532: lympha, id. ib. 5, 544.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phlĕgĕthōn,¹³ ontis, m. (Φλεγέθων), fleuve des enfers qui roule des flammes : Virg. En. 6, 265 || -tēus, a, um, du Phlégéthon : Claud. Pros. 1, 88.
Latin > German (Georges)
Phlegethōn, ontis, m. (φλεγέθων, brennend), Feuerstrom, einer von den Flüssen der Unterwelt, in dem statt des Wassers Feuer fließt, Verg. Aen. 6, 265 u. 551. Stat. Theb. 4, 523; vgl. Pyriphlegethon. – Dav.: A) Phlegethontēus, a, um, phlegethontëisch, ripa, Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 88: undae, Augustin. epist. 108, 20. – B) Phlegethontis, idis, f., phlegethontisch, lympha, Ov. met. 5, 544: unda, ibid. 15, 532.
