Phlegra
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Phlegramque Proper-name noun: feminine accusative singular of Phlegra
Phlegra, ae, f., = Φλέγρα,
- a country of Macedonia, afterwards called Pallene, where the giants are fabled to have been struck with lightning when fighting with the gods, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36; Stat. Th. 2, 595; Val. Fl. 1, 564; Sen. Herc. Fur. 444.— As adj.: Phlegra giganteo sparsa est quo sanguine tellus, Verg. Cul. 28.—Hence,
- II Phlegraeus, a, um, adj., Phlegraean: Phlegraei campi, Ov. M. 10, 151: tumultus, Prop. 2, 1, 39: castra, Stat. Ach. 1, 484: pugnae, Val. Fl. 5, 693: victoria, Mart. 8, 78, 1.—
- B Transf.
- 1 Campi, a plain abounding in sulphur, between Puteoli and Naples, the modern Solfatara, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Sil. 8, 540: vertex, i.e. the volcano of Vesuvius, Sil. 8, 657.—
- 2 Poet., of a bloody battle: campus, i.e. Pharsalus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 37.
Phlegra, ae, f. (Φλέγρα = φλεγυρά, brennend), alter Name der westl. Landspitze der mazedonischen Halbinsel, später Pallene gen., wo nach der Sage die im Kriege mit den Göttern begriffenen Giganten durch Blitze getötet wurden, Plin. 4, 36. Sen. Herc. fur. 444 (448). – Dav. Phlegraeus, a, um (Φλεγραῖος), a) brennend, vertex (Vesuvii), Sil.: campi, eine schwefelreiche Ebene zwischen Puteoli u. Neapel, die heutige Solfatara, Plin. – b) in-, aus-, bei Phlegra in Mazedonien, phlegräisch, campi, Ov.: iuga, Prop.: tumultus, Krieg der Giganten mit Jupiter, Prop. – übtr., campus, bei Pharsalus od. Philippi, wegen des blutigen u. hitzigen Gefechtes, Prop. 3, 11, 37.
Phlĕgra, (16) æ, f. (Φλέγρα), ville de Macédoine [postérieurement Pallène] où la fable place le combat des géants contre les dieux : Plin. 4, 36 || -græus, a, um, de Phlégra : Prop. 2, 1, 39 ; Phlegræi campi Ov. M. 10, 151, les champs Phlégréens [canton de la Campanie, près de Pouzzoles] || subst. m. , v. Phlegræos.
PHLEGRA
PHLEGRA [PALLENE]
Phlegra
(1) (τὰ Φλεγραῖα πεδία, Phlegraei Campi, Phlegraean fields). The scene of the fight between the gods and the Giants. (See Gigantes.) It was identified with the volcanic plain which extends along the coast of Campania from Cumae to Capua; and, because of its great productiveness, was called by the Romans Campus Laborinus and Laboriae (Pliny H. N. xviii. 111).
(2) See Pallene.
Phlegra
Phlegra, ancient name of Pallene
- Hdt. 7.123
- Herakles in the battle of the gods with the giants at: Apollod. 2.6.4(See Phlegrae)