Phlegethon
See also: Phlégéthon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Phlegethōn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈflɛɡɪθɒn/, /ˈflɛdʒɪθɒn/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈflɛɡɪθɑn/, /ˈflɛdʒɪθɑn/
Proper noun
Phlegethon
- (Greek mythology) A river of fire in Hades.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.2:
- Firebrand of hell first tynd in Phlegeton, / By thousand furies, and from thence out throwen / Into this world, to worke confusion, / And set it all on fire by force vnknowen / Is wicked discord [...].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.2:
Coordinate terms
Translations
river of the underworld
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