Scaife ATLAS

μάστιξ μάστιξ, ῑγος, from same Root as ἱμάς, μάσθλης a whip, scourge, Hom., Hdt., etc.; ἵππου μ. a horsewhip, Hdt.; ὑπὸ μαστίγων βαίνειν to advance under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, Hdt.; so, τοξεύειν ὑπὸ μ. Xen. metaph. a scourge, plague, Il., Aesch.; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i. e. fire and sword, Aesch.; μ. Θεοῦ of sickness, NTest.

ShortDef

a whip, scourge

Debugging

Headword:

μάστιξ

Headword (normalized):

μάστιξ

Headword (normalized/stripped):

μαστιξ

IDX:

20335

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n20356

Key:

ma/stic

Data

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