Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μαστιγώσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαστιγώσιμος μαστιγώσιμον

Structure: μαστιγωσιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. that deserves whipping

Examples

  • ἀλλ̓ ἢν μὲν ὑμεῖσ Πολυδάμαντι ἢ Γλαύκῳ ἢ Μίλωνι παραθεωρῆτέ με, κομιδῇ ὑμῖν δόξω θρασὺσ ἄνθρωποσ εἶναι, ἢν δὲ πολὺ ἐκείνων ἀπαγαγόντεσ τὴν μνήμην ἐπ̓ ἐμαυτοῦ μόνου ἀποδύσαντεσ ἴδητε, τάχ̓ ἂν οὐ πάνυ μαστιγώσιμοσ ὑμῖν δόξαιμι· (Lucian, Herodotus 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. that deserves whipping

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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