scourge (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. flăgellum (the severest instrument of the kind2. lōra, ōrum, n. pl. (appy. identical with the flagellum; consisting of leather straps)3. scŭtĭca (less severe)II. Fig.1. pestis, is, f.2. clādes, is, f. (poet.)3. fŭria; poet. ĕrinnys • scourge (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. flăgellum (the severest instrument of the kind: cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 119, where it has the epithet horribile, as opp. to scutica, a common whip): this merciful one revived the use of the s., hic misericors flagella retulit, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12: to be beaten to death with s.s, ad mortem flagellis caedi, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41. (N.B.--Strictly dimin. of flagrum; which word however appears to have gone partly out of use. The latter occurs Liv. 28, 11, caesa flagro Vestalis est, a Vestal underwent the punishment of the s.; and Suet. Oth. 2.) 2. lōra, ōrum, n. pl. (appy. identical with the flagellum; consisting of leather straps): to flog anyone with a s., loris aliquem caedere, Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24: Ter. 3. scŭtĭca (less severe): cf. supr. 1. Phr.: he orders the youth to be stripped, and the s. to be applied, adolescentem nudari jubet verberaque afferri, Liv. 8, 28: the Porcian law forbids the s. to be applied to the person of a Roman citizen, Porcia lex virgas ab omnium civium Romanorum corpore amovit, Cic. Rab. perd. 4, 12. II. Fig.: a dreadful visitation: 1. pestis, is, f.: that fury and s. of his country, illa furia ac p. patriae, Cic. Sest. 14, 33. 2. clādes, is, f. (poet.): the s. of Libya, c. Libyae, Virg. Aen. 6, 844. 3. fŭria; poet. ĕrinnys: v. fury.