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|lshtext=<b>plăga</b>: ae, f. [[root]] πλακ-> of Gr. [[πλακοῦς]]; cf. [[planca]], [[plancus]], plānus.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[region]], [[quarter]], [[tract]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12, [[where]] de plagis omnibus is the [[reading]] of the [[best]] MSS., [[but]] pagis of the edd.; [[but]] cf. Mütz. ad Curt. p. 516 sq.; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 869; syn.: [[regio]], [[tractus]], [[terra]]): aetheria, the [[ethereal]] regions, the [[air]], Verg. A. 1, 394: caeli scrutantur plagas, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30: et si quem extenta plagarum Quattuor in [[medio]] dirimit [[plaga]] solis iniqui, zones, Verg. A. 7, 226: [[ardens]], the [[torrid]] [[zone]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 67; also called fervida, id ib. 1219: [[septentrionalis]], Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136: ea [[plaga]] caeli, Just. 42, 3, 2: ad orientis plagam, Curt. 4, 37, 16: ad orientalem plagam, on the [[east]], in the [[eastern]] [[quarter]], Vulg. Deut. 4, 41: [[contra]] orientalem plagam urbis, id. Josue, 4, 19: ad septentrionalem plagam [[collis]], [[side]], id. Judic. 7, 1 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., a [[region]], [[district]], [[canton]] ([[only]] in Liv.), Liv. 9, 41, 15.<br /><b>plăga</b>: ae, f. [[root]] plek-; Gr. [[πλέκω]], [[weave]], [[entwine]]; cf. [[plecto]], [[plico]], du-plex,<br /><b>I</b> a [[hunting]]-[[net]], [[snare]], [[gin]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[retia]], [[casses]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[canes]] compellunt in plagas lupum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 35: tendere plagas, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: extricata densis Cerva plagis, Hor. C. 3, 5, 32; Ov. M. 7, 768: nodosae, id. F. 6, 110: inque plagam nullo [[cervus]] agente cadit (al. plagas), id. A. A. 3, 428: aut trudit ... Apros in obstantes plagas, Hor. Epod. 2, 32.—Of the [[spider]]'s [[web]]: [[illa]] [[difficile]] cernuntur, [[atque]] ut in plagis liniae offensae praecipitant in [[sinum]], Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—Sing. ([[very]] [[rare]]): sic tu ... tabulam [[tamquam]] plagam ponas, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., a [[snare]], [[trap]], [[toil]] ([[class]].; syn. [[pedica]]): se impedire in plagas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11: se in plagas conicere, id. Trin. 2, 1, 11: quas plagas ipsi [[contra]] se Stoici texuerunt, Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 147: in illas [[tibi]] majores plagas incidendum est, id. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151: Antonium conjeci in Caesaris Octaviani plagas, id. Fam. 12, 25, 4: speculabor, ne [[quis]] nostro consilio [[venator]] assit cum auritis plagis, i. e. arrectis attentisque auribus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 14.—Sing. ([[rare]]) hanc [[ergo]] plagam effugi, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> A bedcurtain, a curtain ([[ante]]-[[class]].; v. [[plagula]]), Varr. ap. Non. 162, 28: eburneis lectis et plagis sigillatis, id. ib. 378, 9: chlamydes, plagae, [[vela]] [[aurea]], id. ib. 537, 23.<br /><b>plāga</b>: ae, f. cf. [[plango]], = [[πληγή]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[blow]], [[stroke]], [[wound]], [[stripe]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[ictus]], verbera, [[vulnus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134: (pueris) dant animos plagae, Verg. A. 7, 382; Ov. M. 12, 487; 13, 119; Gell. 5, 15, 7: plagae et vulnera, Tac. G. 7.—Of the [[shock]] of atoms [[striking]] [[together]], Cic. Fat. 20, 48; cf. id. ib. 10, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., a [[blow]] [[which]] wounds or injures; a [[stroke]], [[cut]], [[thrust]]; a [[wound]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: plagis costae callent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4: quem irrigatum plagis pistori dabo, refreshed by a [[flogging]], id. Ep. 1, 2, 18: plagas pati, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13: plagas perferre, to [[bear]], [[receive]] blows, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41: plagam accipere, id. Sest. 19, 44: plagam mortiferam infligere, to [[inflict]] a [[mortal]] [[wound]], id. Vatin. 8, 20: [[plaga]] [[mediocris]] pestifera, id. Off. 1, 24, 84: verbera et plagas repraesentare, stripes and blows, Suet. Vit. 10: plagis [[confectus]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 140: flagelli [[plaga]] livorem facit, Vulg. Ecclus. 28, 21: plagam curare, Cels. 5, 26, 24: suere, id. 5, 26, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: scorpionum et canum plagas sanare, Plin. H. N. 23 prooem. 3, § 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Transf., a welt, [[scar]], [[stripe]]: [[etiam]] de [[tergo]] ducentas plagas praegnatis dabo, [[swollen]] welts, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[blow]], [[stroke]]; an [[injury]], [[misfortune]] ([[class]].): [[illa]] [[plaga]] est injecta petitioni tuae maxima, [[that]] [[great]] [[blow]] [[was]] given, [[that]] [[great]] [[obstacle]] [[was]] presented, Cic. Mur. 23, 48: sic nec [[oratio]] plagam gravem facit, [[nisi]], etc., makes a [[deep]] [[impression]], id. Or. 68, 228: levior est [[plaga]] ab [[amico]], [[quam]] a debitore, [[loss]], [[injury]], id. Fam. 9, 16, 7: hac [[ille]] [[perculsus]] [[plaga]] non succubuit, [[blow]], [[disaster]], Nep. Eum. 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[plague]], [[pestilence]], [[infection]] ([[late]] Lat.): leprae, Vulg. Lev. 13, 2; id. 2 Reg. 24, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> An [[affliction]], [[annoyance]] ([[late]] Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 7, 19: caecitatis, id. Tob. 2, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Slaughter, [[destruction]] ([[late]] Lat.): percussit eos plagā magnā, Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 5; id. 2 Reg. 17, 9.