Μαστιγίας
floggable
Translated by David Whitehead19 Sep 2001Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a slave being flogged because of an offence.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μαστιγίας· δοῦλος ὁ δι' ἁμάρτημα μαστιζόμενος.
Betacode
*mastigi/as: dou=los o( di' a(ma/rthma mastizo/menos.
Notes
Linked from4 entries
- μ248ΜάσθληςleatherIn a special sense [this is] a thong which has been softened and relaxed. So the shifty and uncontrolled man who knows nothing certain or fixed is a masthles there. Or one who is sinewy and needs whipping. From a…
- μ262Μαστιγίας ἐκ Μελίτηςa floggable (slave) from MeliteHerakles [is] a slave, [born] of the nymph Melite. And Melite [is also] a deme of Attica.
- μ263ΜαστιγῶI lash, I whip[Used] with an accusative.
- μ266Μάστιξwhip[That] with which we hit the horse. In the Epigrams: "and a well-stitched binding of jaws [and this ...] a whip."
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Revision history2 revisions · last 8 May 2013
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead