Phlegra, ae, f., = Φλέγρα,
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., Phlegraean : Phlegraei campi, Ov. M. 10, 151: tumultus, Prop. 2, 1, 39: castra, Stat. Ach. 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.