mastigia
τέχνη δὲ ἄνευ ἀλκῆς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ (Thucydides 2.87.4.6) → η τέχνη απαιτεί κουράγιο, skill without heart is useless
Latin > English
mastigia mastigiae N M :: one who deserves a whipping, rascal
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mastīgĭa: ae, m., = μαστιγίας,
I a scoundrel, rascal, rogue.
I Lit. (anteclass.), Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 11; id. Capt. 3, 4, 69; 3, 5, 1; id. Cas. 2, 6, 9; 2, 8, 10; id. Most. 1, 1, 1; 3, 1, 71; id. Poen. 1, 2, 108; 177; 178; id. Rud. 4, 83; id. Trin. 4, 3, 14: non manum abstines, mastigia? Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 6.—
II Transf., f., a whip, scourge (late Lat.), Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 3, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mastīgĭa,¹³ æ, m. (μαστιγίας), homme à fouet = souvent fouetté, vaurien : Pl. Capt. 600 ; Ter. Ad. 781 || fouet : Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 3, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
mastīgia, ae (μαστιγίας), I) m., ein Schimpfwort, Schlingel, Taugenichts, Schurke, eig. einer, der immer Schläge bekommt od. verdient, Plaut. capt. 600 u. most. 1. Ter. adelph. 781. Lucil. 669 (mastigias). – II) f., die Peitsche, Geißel, Sulp. Sev. dial. 2, 3. § 6.
