D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Phlegethon

· Phleg·e·thon · IPA /ˈflɛɡɪθɑn/
01 n. One of the principal rivers of Hades, in the channel of which fire flowed instead of water.
  1. 1.
    One of the principal rivers of Hades, in the channel of which fire flowed instead of water.(Class Myth.)
    “Fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.” Milton.