Phlegethontis

Phlĕgĕthon, ontis, m., = Phlegethôn (burning, blazing), 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.