μάστιξ
ἡ
ιγος
A.
whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, Il. 5.748, etc.; μ. λιγυρῇ 11.532; ἵππου μ. horse-whip, Hdt. 4.3; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ S. Aj. 242 (anap.); later, scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, Hdt. 7.56, cf.103; τοξεύειν ὑπὸ μ. X. An. 3.4.25; τῇ μ. κνάπτειν Cratin. 275; μάστιγ’ ἔχων whip in hand, Ar. Th. 933, Phryn.Com. 36.
II.
metaph., scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός Il. 12.37, 13.812; μάστιγι θείᾳ . . ἐλαύνομαι A. Pr. 682; πληγεὶς θεοῦ μάστιγι Id. Th. 608; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, Id. Ag. 642; μ. [Θεοῦ], of sickness, Ev.Marc. 5.34, cf. 3.10 (pl.); but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the lash of eloquence, Pi. P. 4.219:—Ion. μάστις (q. v.): μάστιγξ is not found.