μάστιξ mastix · G3148

μάστ-ιξ, ῑγος, ἡ, ; whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, []; ἵππου μ. horse-whip, []; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ []; later, scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, []; μάστιγ᾽ ἔχων whip in hand, []; II metaphorically, scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός []; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, []; μ. [Θεοῦ], of sickness, []; but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the lash of eloquence, [] — _Ionic dialect_ μάστις (which see): μάστιγξ is not found.