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Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρίαRoot of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)

The Bible, 1 Timothy, 6:10

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

scutica (scytica), ae, f. (σκυτική, v. σκῦτος, Leder, s. Fest. 333 [b], 21, wo scytica), eine Peitsche aus einzelnen breiten Riemen (scuticae habenae, Ov. her. 9, 81), die Riemenpeitsche, die Karbatsche, bes. als Strafwerkzeug der Schulmeister (gelinder als flagellum u. stärker als ferula) Hor. sat. 1, 3, 119. Iuven. 6, 480 (Jahn scytica mit codd. PS): si quos Orbilius ferulā scuticāque cecīdit, Domit. Marsus bei Suet. gr. 9: nec tibi ferulas adhibeo neque athenogeronta meum scuticā et plagis litteras docere contendo, Hieron. c. Rufin. 3, 6.

Latin > English

scutica scuticae N F :: strap; instrument of punishment; lash, whip