Phlegethonn.

Brit.

/ˈflɛɡᵻθɒn/,

/ˈflɛdʒᵻθɒn/, U.S.

/ˈflɛɡəˌθɑn/,

/ˈflɛdʒəˌθɑn/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Phlegethon.

Etymology: < Phlegethon (classical Latin Phlegethont-, Phlegethōn, ancient Greek Φλεγέθοντ-, Φλεγέθων, literally ‘burning, blazing’), the name of a mythological river of fire, one of the five rivers of Hades.For earlier use of the river name in an English context, compare the following: ▸ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1109 He wolde swere his commun oth, Be Lethen and be Flegeton.c1564 J. Jefferes Bugbears (1911) iii. iii. 119 To Achæron, & Phlegethon dare yow ventare to do it?1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. S Nor damned ghoste In flaming Phlegeton does not so felly roste.

Chiefly poetic.

Something regarded as resembling the mythical river Phlegethon; a river of fire, a seething torrent or turmoil.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > lake or river of

Styx1390

Lethe1591

Phlegethona1704

a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead to Living in Wks. (1707) II. 198 Drink me a Quart of honest Phlegethon a little warm'd over the Fire, and mix some grated Nutmeg with it to correct the crudity.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxix. 37 The hell of waters! where..the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around.

1845 E. A. Poe Descent into Maelström in Tales 87 Looking down from this pinnacle upon the howling Phlegethon below, I could not help smiling.

1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 170 No phlegethon could be found that would burn him.

1935 A. Young Black Rock of Kiltearn in Sel. Poems (1998) 42 But slip a foot on frost-spiked stone Above this rock-lipped Phlegethon And you shall have The Black Rock of Kiltearn For tombstone.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 377 In the bed of Ingratitude flows with rapid flood the Phlegethon of oblivion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phlegethon
释义	Phlegethonn. Brit. /ˈflɛɡᵻθɒn/, /ˈflɛdʒᵻθɒn/, U.S. /ˈflɛɡəˌθɑn/, /ˈflɛdʒəˌθɑn/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Phlegethon. Etymology: < Phlegethon (classical Latin Phlegethont-, Phlegethōn, ancient Greek Φλεγέθοντ-, Φλεγέθων, literally ‘burning, blazing’), the name of a mythological river of fire, one of the five rivers of Hades.For earlier use of the river name in an English context, compare the following: ▸ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1109 He wolde swere his commun oth, Be Lethen and be Flegeton.c1564 J. Jefferes Bugbears (1911) iii. iii. 119 To Achæron, & Phlegethon dare yow ventare to do it?1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. S Nor damned ghoste In flaming Phlegeton does not so felly roste. Chiefly poetic. Something regarded as resembling the mythical river Phlegethon; a river of fire, a seething torrent or turmoil. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > lake or river of Styx1390 Lethe1591 Phlegethona1704 a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead to Living in Wks. (1707) II. 198 Drink me a Quart of honest Phlegethon a little warm'd over the Fire, and mix some grated Nutmeg with it to correct the crudity. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxix. 37 The hell of waters! where..the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around. 1845 E. A. Poe Descent into Maelström in Tales 87 Looking down from this pinnacle upon the howling Phlegethon below, I could not help smiling. 1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 170 No phlegethon could be found that would burn him. 1935 A. Young Black Rock of Kiltearn in Sel. Poems (1998) 42 But slip a foot on frost-spiked stone Above this rock-lipped Phlegethon And you shall have The Black Rock of Kiltearn For tombstone. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 377 In the bed of Ingratitude flows with rapid flood the Phlegethon of oblivion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1704
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