συμφλέγω,
burn up, burn to cinders, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 595 (Lyric poetry); σ. κεραυνῷ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.211; σ. αὐτοὺς κύκλῳ LXX.Isa.42.25; with love, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.110 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus)] LXX+5th c.BC+]:—passive, συμφλέγεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν κεραυνῶν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 60. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]