μάστ-ιξ, ῑγος, ἡ,
whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππου μ. horse-
whip, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later,
scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under
the lash, of soldiers flogged on, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάστιγ᾽ ἔχων
whip in hand, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically,
scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; διπλῇ μ, τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, [
Refs]; μ. [Θεοῦ], of sickness, [
NT]; but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the
lash of eloquence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] — _Ionic dialect_ μάστις (which see): μάστιγξ is not found.