Phlegra

Phlegra
Phlegra, ae, f., = Phlegra, 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., Phlegrœan:

Phlegraei campi,

 Ov. M. 10, 151:

tumultus,

 Prop. 2, 1, 39:

castra,

 Stat. Achill. 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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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