scourge
From LSJ
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
whip: P. and V. μάστιξ, ἡ, V. μάραγνα, ἡ (Euripides, Rhesus).
Met., P. and V. κακόν, τό, σκηπτός, ὁ (Dem. 292), V. ἄτη, ἡ, πῆμα, τό, δήλημα, τό, μάστιξ, ἡ.
of a person: P. and V. λυμεών, ὁ, ἀλάστωρ, ὁ, V. πῆμα, τό, λῦμα, τό, ἄτη, ἡ; see curse.
plague: P. and V. νόσος, ἡ, νόσημα, τό, λοιμός, ὁ.
vengeance: P. and V. τίσις, ἡ (Plato), τιμωρία, ἡ; see vengeance.
verb transitive
Ar. and P. μαστιγοῦν; see beat.
punish: P. and V. κολάζειν, τιμωρεῖσθαι (rare in act.); see punish.
