The corpus record — Latin

mastigia

mastigia · m

a scoundrel, rascal, rogue

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Where it lives

Casina 2 · 2.58/10k
Captivi 2 · 2.31/10k
Curculio 1 · 1.62/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Trinummus 1 · 1.02/10k
Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k

What it meant

1. mastīgĭa — Lewis & Short

mastīgĭa, ae, m., = mastigi/as,

I a scoundrel, rascal, rogue.

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.—

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

2. mastigia — Walde–Hofmann

mastigia (Plaut. und mastigids (Lucil), -ae m. , Taugenichts" : aus gr. naotiylag ds. (zu udonE ,Peitsche", vgl. Suid. s. v., Um48 mastrüca — mataris. gangsspr. 86f.). — Spätl. mastigia, -ae f. „Peitsche“ (seit Sulp. Sev.) beruht wohl auf Mißdeutung des obigen mastigia, kaum auf Umbildung des gr. Demin. uaotí vov (vgl mastix f. „Peitsche* und mastigó, -äre „geißele“ seit Itala aus gr. ndotıE bzw. paoriróur). … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. mastigia, p. 953]

In the wild

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. mastigia (scan pp. 953-955; entry #1719). Root candidates: *mazdo-, *masto-, *mans-.

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