περι-φλέγω,
A). burn, blaze all round, Id. 2.648c .
II). trans.,
burn up, wither,
θέρος π. τὰ γεννώμενα Ph. 2.391 ;
ἆσθμα π. χαίτην D.Chr. 36.47 : with acc. understood,
πρὶν ἢ τὸν ἥλιον -φλέγειν Poll. 10.51 ;
overheat,
Plu. 2.651b ,
Sor. 1.72 :— Pass., of victims in the bull of Phalaris,
Plb. 12.25.2 ;
to be singed,
Philum. Ven. 7.12 : metaph.,
Plu. 2.498b ; cf.
περιφλεύω.