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Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion

Note 1581 — Chapter XII · ORPHIC COSMOGONY.

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The roots φλε, φλι, φλυ and the guttural form χλι (cf. χλιδή) all express the same notion of bursting, bubbling, germinating, see Vaniček ad voc. and cf. Hesych. φλεῖ· γέμει, εὐκαρπεῖ, πολυκαρπεῖ, and the words φλύκταινα, φλύζει.

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