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† mastīgĭa, ae, m., = μαστιγίας, a scoundrel, rascal, rogue.

  1. 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.
  2. II. Transf., f., a whip, scourge (late Lat.), Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 3, 6.