Phlegethon

See also: Phlégéthon

English

Alternative forms

• Phlegeton

Etymology

From Latin Phlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɡɪθɒn/, /ˈflɛd͡ʒɪθɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɡɪθɑn/, /ˈflɛd͡ʒɪθɑn/

Proper noun

Phlegethon

1. (Greek mythology) A river of fire in Hades.

   Synonym: Pyriphlegethon

   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     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 [...].

   • 2009, Behemoth, Shemhamforash:

     Consumed by the tongues ov fire / burning like Phlegethon / holy gardens reduced to ash

Coordinate terms

• Acheron, Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Styx

Translations

river of the underworld

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: Flegetont m
• Finnish: Flegethon
• French: Phlégéthon (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Phlegethon m
• Greek: Φλεγέθων (el) m (Flegéthon)

  Ancient: Φλεγέθων m (Phlegéthōn)

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: Flegetonte m
• Latin: Phlegethōn m
• Polish: Flegeton m
• Russian: Флегетон (ru) m (Flegeton)
• Spanish: Flegetonte m