I.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., Phlegrœan: “Phlegraei campi,” Ov. M. 10, 151: “tumultus,” Prop. 2, 1, 39: “castra,” Stat. Achill. 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.
