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Pyriphlegethon

Pyriphlegethon proper noun: synonym of Phlegethon.

Proper noun

Pyriphlegethon or the Pyriphlegethon

  1. Synonym of Phlegethon.
    • The Greeks believed that Hades was beneath the earth. It had five rivers—the Acheron, the Kokytos, the Lethe, the Pyriphlegethon, and the Styx. Each served as a boundary between the land of the living and the land of the dead.1974, C[ovington] Scott Littleton, “Hades”, in The World Book Encyclopedia, volume 9 (H), Chicago, Ill.: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, →ISBN, page 4, column 2
    Synonyms:
    Phlegethon

Synonyms of Pyriphlegethon

Origin of Pyriphlegethon

Learned borrowing from Latin Pyriphlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Πυριφλεγέθων (Puriphlegéthōn).

Questions about Pyriphlegethon

What does Pyriphlegethon mean?
Pyriphlegethon means synonym of Phlegethon.
What part of speech is Pyriphlegethon?
Pyriphlegethon is a proper noun.

Words near Pyriphlegethon in the dictionary

  1. pyrin
  2. pyrindene
  3. pyrindenes
  4. pyrinoline
  5. pyrinuron
  6. Pyriphlegethon
  7. pyriproxyfen
  8. pyritaceous
  9. pyrite
  10. pyrites
  11. pyrithiamine

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