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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scŭtĭca: ae, f.,
I a lash, whip (milder than flagellum): ne scuticā sectere, Hor. S. 1, 3, 119; Juv. 6, 480; Ov. H. 9, 81; Mart. 10, 62, 8 (dub.): si quis Orbilius ferulā scuticāque cecidit, Domit. ap. Suet. Gram. 9.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

scŭtĭca,¹⁴ æ, f. (σκυτική), martinet, fouet à lanières de cuir, étrivières : Hor. S. 1, 3, 119, cf. Suet. Gramm. 9.