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Phlegra

Phlegra, ae, f., = Φλέγρα,
  • 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., Phlegraean: Phlegraei campi, Ov. M. 10, 151: tumultus, Prop. 2, 1, 39: castra, Stat. Ach. 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.

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