φλόξ: Difference between revisions

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