περιφλέγω

A. burn, blaze all round, Id. 2.648c.

II. trans., burn up, wither, θέρος π. τὰ γεννώμενα Ph. 2.391; ἆσθμα π. χαίτην D.Chr. 36.47 : with acc. understood, πρὶν ἢ τὸν ἥλιον ‐φλέγειν Poll. 10.51; overheat, Plu. 2.651b, Sor. 1.72 :—Pass., of victims in the bull of Phalaris, Plb. 12.25.2; to be singed, Philum. Ven. 7.12: metaph., Plu. 2.498b ; cf. περιφλεύω.