mastigia
δύστανοι καὶ πολύμοχθοι ματέρες Ἅιδᾳ τίκτουσαι τέκνα → wretched and much-enduring mothers, giving birth to children for Hades
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.
