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.
scourge (v.) Copy link Outline 1. verbĕro, 12. expr. by verbĕra, virgae (esp. in phr. virgis caedere) • scourge (v.): 1. verbĕro, 1: to s. a Roman citizen, civem Romanum v., Cic. Rep. 2, 31, fin. 2. expr. by verbĕra, virgae (esp. in phr. virgis caedere): v. to flog. (Vapulare is rather to be beaten, as a lighter punishment than to be scourged: v. to beat, A. 6.)
SCOURGE Copy link • SCOURGE 1. s. PROP., flagrum, flagellum (the proper words; consisting of single thongs): scorpio (armed with prickles; Vid: Isidorus, Orig., 5, 27). ☞ The severest punishment was the flagellum, s., ; next was the milder scutica, or the lora, -orum, neuter, whip of thongs; and after this the ferula; i. e., rod of the plant νάρθηξ; Vid: Hor., Sat. 1, 3, 119, sq. Figuratively, pestis: pernicies: verba (plur.): to hold the scourage of criticism over anybody, *acerbe or severe reprehendere aliquem. A scourage of God, *immissus a Deo, ut saeviret in omne flagitium voluptatibus liquefacti generis humani. The scourage of a country, reipublicae or patriae pestis 2. v. To beat with rods, etc., flagris or flagellis caedere; flagellare (post-Augustan); virgis verberare, caedere, mulctare (Liv.); verberibus accipere or excipere (Cic.). T o punish, Vid.