Φλεγέθων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πυριφλεγέθων (Puriphlegéthōn)

Etymology

From φλέγω (phlégō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰle.ɡé.tʰɔːn/ → /ɸleˈʝe.θon/ → /fleˈʝe.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰle.ɡé.tʰɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰleˈɡe.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸleˈʝe.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fleˈʝe.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fleˈʝe.θon/

Proper noun

Φλεγέθων • (Phlegéthōn) m (genitive Φλεγέθοντος); third declension

1. the river Phlegethon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φλεγέθων; τοῦ Φλεγέθοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φλεγέθων ho Phlegéthōn
Genitive	τοῦ Φλεγέθοντος toû Phlegéthontos
Dative	τῷ Φλεγέθοντῐ tôi Phlegéthonti
Accusative	τὸν Φλεγέθοντᾰ tòn Phlegéthonta
Vocative	Φλεγέθον Phlegéthon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φλεγέθων (Flegéthon)
• Italian: Flegetonte
• Latin: Phlegethon
• Spanish: Flegetonte
• Russian: Флегето́н (Flegetón)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021