I. trans., causeto swell up; of food, fill, nourish, opp. ἰσχναίνω, Hp.Loc.Hom.34.
II. intr., to be heated, inflamed, fester, Id.Aph.5.58, Prog.7, LXX l. c.; πληγὴφλεγμαίνουσα ib.Is.1.6, cf.Ar.l.c., Pl.Ti.85b.
b. to be swollen, Hp.Loc.Hom.13.
2. of the sea, seethe, M.Ant.l.c.; “κῦμα φλεγμαῖνον” Hld.5.17.
3. metaph., φλεγμαίνουσα πόλις, opp. ὑγιής, Pl. R.372e; ἀρχὴ φλεγμαίνουσα, = σπαργῶσα καὶ θυμουμένη, Id.Lg.691e; “τὰ φ. τῶν πραγμάτων” Plu.Pomp.21; of feelings, etc., Plb.3.86.6, Plu.Per.6, al., Hld.7.21; “οἱ στρατιῶται ἐφλέγμηναν” D.C. l. c.; also of luxury, “πολυτελεῖς καὶ φλεγμαίνουσαι τράπεζαι” Plu.2.66of; also τὰ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι φλεγμαίνοντα, of extravagant court ceremonial, Philostr.VA2.25.