μάστιξ
Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῇ ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾳ, αὐτὴ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι (Salamanca inscription) → The kings for the university, and the university for the kings
English (LSJ)
ῑγος, ἡ,
A whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, Il.5.748, etc.; μ. λιγυρῇ 11.532; ἵππου μ. horse-whip, Hdt.4.3; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ S.Aj.242 (anap.); later, scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, Hdt.7.56, cf.103; τοξεύειν ὑπὸ μ. X.An.3.4.25; τῇ μ. κνάπτειν Cratin.275; μάστιγ' ἔχων whip in hand, Ar.Th.933, Phryn.Com.36. II metaph., scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός Il.12.37, 13.812; μάστιγι θείᾳ . . ἐλαύνομαι A.Pr.682; πληγεὶς θεοῦ μάστιγι Id.Th.608; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, Id.Ag.642; μ. [Θεοῦ], of sickness, Ev.Marc.5.34, cf. 3.10 (pl.); but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the lash of eloquence, Pi.P.4.219:—Ion. μάστις (q. v.): μάστιγξ is not found.
