μαστίζω

mastizo

whip, flog

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 7
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Book 5 2
Chapter ?

5366
5768
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

845
8117
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10530
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11519
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22400
Odyssey 4
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Book 3 2
Chapter ?

3484
3494
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

682
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15192

Dictionary (LSJ)

μαστίζω, Nonn. D. 2.645, Dor. μαστ-ίσδω Theoc. 7.108: Ep. aor. μάστιξα Il. 5.768:—Pass., aor. ἐμαστίχθην v.l. in Hdt. 1.114; part. μαστιχθείς AP 9.348 (Leon. Alex.): (μάστιξ):—A. whip, flog, μάστιξεν δʼ ἵππους Il. l.c., etc.; τυ . . ὑπὸ . . ὤμους μαστίσδοιεν (v. supr.) Theoc. l.c.: c. inf., μάστιξεν δʼ ἐλάαν whipped them on or forward, Il. 5.366, Od. 6.82, etc.: metaph., ἵνα . . σε πολλοὶ μαστίξωσι λόγοις Epigr.Gr. 303.5 (Smyrna). 2. stimulate the bowels, Steph. in Hp. 2.311 D.:— Pass., ib.312 D.—Ep. word, used twice in Com., Eup. 72, Alex. 133.5, also in LXX Nu. 22.25, Wi. 5.11 (Pass.); and in late Prose, Plu. Alex. 42, Luc. Pr.Im. 24, etc.; the Att. form being μαστιγόω.

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