Φλέγρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Φλέγρη (Phlégrē) — Ionic

Etymology

From φλέγω (phlégō, “burn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰlé.ɡraː/ → /ˈɸle.ɣra/ → /ˈfle.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰlé.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰle.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸle.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.ɣra/

Proper noun

Φλέγρᾱ • (Phlégrā) f (genitive Φλέγρᾱς); first declension

1. Phlegra

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φλέγρᾱ; τῆς Φλέγρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φλέγρᾱ hē Phlégrā
Genitive	τῆς Φλέγρᾱς tês Phlégrās
Dative	τῇ Φλέγρᾳ têi Phlégrāi
Accusative	τὴν Φλέγρᾱν tḕn Phlégrān
Vocative	Φλέγρᾱ Phlégrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φλεγραία (Phlegraía)

Descendants

• Greek: Φλέγρα (Flégra)
• → Latin: Phlegra
  • Italian: Flegra

Further reading

• “Φλέγρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
• Φλέγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette