μάστιξ
mastix
whip, scourge
Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μάστιξ, ῑγος, ἡ, A. whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, Il. 5.748, etc.; μ. λιγυρῇ 11.532; ἵππου μ. horse-whip, 4.3; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ Aj. 242 (anap.); later, scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, 7.56, cf.103; τοξεύειν ὑπὸ μ. An. 3.4.25; τῇ μ. κνάπτειν 275; μάστιγʼ ἔχων whip in hand, Th. 933, 36. II. metaph., scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός Il. 12.37, 13.812; μάστιγι θείᾳ . . ἐλαύνομαι Pr. 682; πληγεὶς θεοῦ μάστιγι Th. 608; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, Ag. 642; μ. [Θεοῦ], of sickness, Ev.Marc. 5.34, cf. 3.10 (pl.); but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the lash of eloquence, P. 4.219:—Ion. μάστις (q. v.): μάστιγξ is not found.
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