plaga

plāga, ae, f.: a blow, wound; lash, whip, 7.383.

plaga , ae, f.: a net, hunter's net; a snare, a trap, 4.131.

plaga , ae, f.: a tract, region, 1.394; zone, 7.226.

plāga, ae, f. [cf. plango], = πληγή, a blow, stroke, wound, stripe (class.; syn.: ictus, verbera, vulnus).

• I Lit.
• • A In gen., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134: (pueris) dant animos plagae, Verg. A. 7, 382; Ov. M. 12, 487; 13, 119; Gell. 5, 15, 7: plagae et vulnera, Tac. G. 7.—Of the shock of atoms striking together, Cic. Fat. 20, 48; cf. id. ib. 10, 22.—
  • B In partic., a blow which wounds or injures; a stroke, cut, thrust; a wound (class.).
  • • 1 Absol.: plagis costae callent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4 (135): quem irrigatum plagis pistori dabo, refreshed by a flogging, id. Ep. 1, 2, 18 (121): plagas pati, Ter. Eun. 244: plagas perferre, to bear, receive blows, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41: plagam accipere, id. Sest. 19, 44: plagam mortiferam infligere, to inflict a mortal wound, id. Vatin. 8, 20: plaga mediocris pestifera, id. Off. 1, 24, 84: verbera et plagas repraesentare, stripes and blows, Suet. Vit. 10: plagis confectus, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 140: flagelli plaga livorem facit, Vulg. Ecclus. 28, 21: plagam curare, Cels. 5, 26, 24: suere, id. 5, 26, 23.—
    • 2 With gen.: scorpionum et canum plagas sanare, Plin. H. N. 23 prooem. 3, § 6.—
  • C Transf., a welt, scar, stripe: etiam de tergo ducentas plagas praegnatis dabo, swollen welts, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10 (266).—
• II Trop.
• • A A blow, stroke; an injury, misfortune (class.): illa plaga est injecta petitioni tuae maxima, that great blow was given, that great obstacle was presented, Cic. Mur. 23, 48: sic nec oratio plagam gravem facit, nisi, etc., makes a deep impression, id. Or. 68, 228: levior est plaga ab amico, quam a debitore, loss, injury, id. Fam. 9, 16, 7: hac ille perculsus plaga non succubuit, blow, disaster, Nep. Eum. 5.—
  • B A plague, pestilence, infection (late Lat.): leprae, Vulg. Lev. 13, 2; id. 2 Reg. 24, 25.—
  • C An affliction, annoyance (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 7, 19: caecitatis, id. Tob. 2, 13.—
  • D Slaughter, destruction (late Lat.): percussit eos plagā magnā, Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 5; id. 2 Reg. 17, 9.

plăga, ae, f. [root πλακ- of Gr. πλακοῦς; cf. planca, plancus, plānus].

• • A A region, quarter, tract (mostly poet.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12, where de plagis omnibus is the reading of the best MSS., but pagis of the edd.; but cf. Mütz. ad Curt. p. 516 sq.; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 869; syn.: regio, tractus, terra): aetheria, the ethereal regions, the air, Verg. A. 1, 394: caeli scrutantur plagas, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30: et si quem extenta plagarum Quattuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui, zones, Verg. A. 7, 226: ardens, the torrid zone, Sen. Herc. Oet. 67; also called fervida, id ib. 1219: septentrionalis, Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136: ea plaga caeli, Just. 42, 3, 2: ad orientis plagam, Curt. 4, 37, 16: ad orientalem plagam, on the east, in the eastern quarter, Vulg. Deut. 4, 41: contra orientalem plagam urbis, id. Josue, 4, 19: ad septentrionalem plagam collis, side, id. Judic. 7, 1 et saep.—
  • B In partic., a region, district, canton (only in Liv.), Liv. 9, 41, 15.

plăga, ae, f. [root plek-; Gr. πλέκω, weave, entwine; cf. plecto, plico, du-plex],

• a hunting-net, snare, gin (class.; syn.: retia, casses).
• • A Lit.: canes compellunt in plagas lupum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 35 (649): tendere plagas, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: extricata densis Cerva plagis, Hor. C. 3, 5, 32; Ov. M. 7, 768: nodosae, id. F. 6, 110: inque plagam nullo cervus agente cadit (al. plagas), id. A. A. 3, 428: aut trudit ... Apros in obstantes plagas, Hor. Epod. 2, 32.—Of the spider's web: illa difficile cernuntur, atque ut in plagis liniae offensae praecipitant in sinum, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—Sing. (very rare): sic tu ... tabulam tamquam plagam ponas, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68.—
  • B Trop., a snare, trap, toil (class.; syn. pedica): se impedire in plagas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11 (1388): se in plagas conicere, id. Trin. 2, 1, 11 (233): quas plagas ipsi contra se Stoici texuerunt, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 48, 147: in illas tibi majores plagas incidendum est, id. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151: Antonium conjeci in Caesaris Octaviani plagas, id. Fam. 12, 25, 4: speculabor, ne quis nostro consilio venator assit cum auritis plagis, i. e. arrectis attentisque auribus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 14 (609).—Sing. (rare) hanc ergo plagam effugi, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 5.—
• II A bedcurtain, a curtain (ante-class.; v. plagula), Varr. ap. Non. 162, 28: eburneis lectis et plagis sigillatis, id. ib. 378, 9: chlamydes, plagae, vela aurea, id. ib. 537, 23.

1. plāga, ae, f. (dor. πλαγά = πληγή), der Schlag, Streich, Hieb, Stoß, I) im allg., Ter., Cic. u.a.: plagam ferre, einen Hieb tun wollen, beibringen wollen, Verg.: verbera (Schläge mit Riemen) et plagas (mit Ruten u. Stäben) repraesentare, Suet. – v. Anstoß der Atome, Lucr. u. Cic. – plagae grandinum, Hagelschlag (neben ictus fulminum), Oros. 1. prol. § 10 Z. – II) insbes., der verwundende Schlag, Hieb, Streich, Stoß, u. meton. = die Wunde selbst, plagis vulnerari, Nep.: plagam accipere, Cic.: plagam infligere, imponere, Cic., od. inferre, Plin.: foediores plagae, Liv. – bildl., plaga est iniecta (beigebracht) petitioni tuae, Cic.: oratio gravem plagam facit, dringt tief ein, Cic.: plagam accipere, Cic.: levior est plaga ab amico, Verlust, Cic.

2. plaga, ae, f. (vgl. πλάξ), Platte, Blatt, Fläche, I) als Körper: A) ein Netz, Garn, bei der Treibjagd gebraucht, um Eber und andere wilde Tiere zu fangen (wogegen retia Netze für Vögel und Fische sind), 1) eig. u. bildl.: tendere plagas, Cic.: lupum in plagas compellere, v. Hunden, Plaut.: in plagam (plagas) cadere, Ov. – bildl., incĭdere in plagas, Petron.: se impedire, se conicere in plagas, Plaut.: Antonium conieci in Octaviani plagas, Cic. – 2) übtr., v. Spinnengewebe, Plin. 11, 83. – B) ein Teppich, bald als Bettvorhang, bald als Bettdecke, -überzug, Pacuv. tr. 46. Varro sat. Men. 434. Varro de vit P. R. 3. fr. 21 (bei Non. 537, 22): pulvinares plagae, Varro logist. XXXIII Riese (bei Non. 162, 28. – II) als Raum = Gegend, Landschaft, Bezirk, Kreis, Kanton, caeli, Cic.: plaga caeli, cui lactea nomen est, Sen.: septentrionalis, Sen.: aetheria, Luft, Verg.: quattuor plagae, vier Erdstriche, Zonen, Verg.: plaga solis iniqui, die heiße Zone, Verg.: ebenso fervida od. ardens, Sen. poët.: frigida haec omnis duraque cultu et aspera plaga est, Liv.: a rigida septentrionis plaga usque ad fervores Atlantici oceani, Hieron. – zuw. v. den Bewohnern, plaga (Kanton, Bezirk) una (Materinam ipsi appellant) non continuit modo ceteros in armis, sed etc., Liv.: ad septentrionem conversa ferme plaga ferocius agebat, Flor.: Iason primus eam caeli plagam domuisse dicitur, Iustin.

1 plāga [CL cf. πλᾱγά, πληγή], 1 plagia, plagus, ~um 1 blow, stroke (imparted with violence, usu. fig.). post diversarum ~as virgarum ‥ egit gratias Gildas EB 73; a nobis ~as mortis et diabuli flagella dimovit Theod. Laterc. 20; sed nullus valuit sanctas terrore minarum, / quamvis centenis plagis incumberet atrox, / a Christi cultu mentes discludere fixas Aldh. VirgV 2269; scimus te mansuetum esse et nolle inferre ~as [AS: swincgla] nobis Ælf. Coll. 90; ‘flagellat pater omnem filium quem recipit’ ‥ . revocatum purget ~a filiali, quem adversum percuteret ~a crudeli Pull. CM 199; ~e cooperte Cust. Preston 498 (v. 2 cooperire 1d). 2 visible lesion made by a blow, gash, wound; b (spec. of Christ); c (leg., dist. from brusura, ictus orbus, or verber); d (dist. as incurabilis, insanabilis, mortalis, or sim.). anguis mirae magnitudinis ‥ nimiam dedit mortalibus ~am Lib. Monstr. III 5; cicatrices, ~ae, seisurae ‥ in corpore GlC C 413; recia, regna plăgas dicunt et vulnera plāgas Serlo Wilt. 2. 87; 1198 nullum ~um nec locum ~i invenerunt CurR I 63; plagis siccandis usturis atque tumori / sedando celerem ferre soletis opem Neckam DS VII 331; ~a visa est et testatum est quod nullum per eam habet mahemium et coronatores et comitatus testantur quod recta racionabiliter facta est et quod viderunt ~am recentem PlCrGlouc 87; lupi lambunt agnellum simplicem / lambunt, inquam, ut †plages [MS: plagas]pallient J. Howd. Ph. 610; vulnus ‥ si [fiat] in carne appellatur ~a Gad. 122. 1; ex ~ia ab eo facta Sanct. Bev. 134.  b paret ~a in gutture Christi Descr. Constant. 249; ad quinque plagas ejus [Christi] referunt numerum Psalmorum S. Easton Psalm. prol.; plaga pium [Christum] exasperat J. Howd. Cyth. 26. 4; Joseph de Arimathea ‥ lavit ~as [ME: woundis] ejus Itin. Mand. 54.  c Glanv. I 2 (v. medlea 1); Bracton 142, 145, 1572 (v. brusura 1a); placita ‥ de ‥ ~is, verberibus, transgressiones sine brevi ‥ ad vicecomites provinciarum pertinent audienda Hengham Magna 2.  d angelus ‥ Domini ‥ percussit Herodem ~a insanabili R. Niger Chr. I 21; ~a incurabilis P. Blois Ep. 157. 452A; si ~a mortalis fuerit Bracton f. 122b; c1349 personarum ‥ per ~am mortalitatis iminentem de medio sublatarum Eng. Clergy 121; 1479 ei dedit ~am mortalem unde idem Johannes infra duos dies obiit Sanct. Durh. 9. 3 wound (as giving right to exact a fine). 1134 (v. libertas 5b); 1134 (v. mors 4); c1176 (v. murdrum 2a); 1243 perquisita ‥ de vj d. de Alexandro pro plag’ (Wyke juxta Portland) Ac. Man. Wint.; PQW 462a (v. mahemium 1). 4 affliction, disaster, plague; b (w. defining gen.); c (w. ref. to Ex. vii-xi); d (spec., as invasion). Ezechiel ‥ cui ‥ Dominus miserabiliter ~am Israel deflenti ait ‥ Gildas EB 61; tempore mortalitatis ‥ ad ‥ idololatriae medicamina concurrebant, quasi missam a Deo conditore ~am per incantationes ‥ cohibere valerent Bede CuthbP 9; haec ‥ ~a Hiberniam quoque insulam pari clade premebat Id. HE III 27 p. 192; sententia cujusdam astrologi de ~is futuris Torigni Chr. 283 tit.; quatinus ex universali ~a ~am suam melius intelligeret G. Cold. Durh. 18; 1281 ecclesia Anglicana a ‥ falsis clericis ‥ sustinuit ~as diras Conc. II 60b..  b putabant autem quia non multo ante pestilentiae clades et eos et multos et circunquaque lata caede straverant, eum de hujusmodi ~a jam reditura fuisse locutum Bede CuthbP 27; ab omni tristitiae ~a curata Gosc. Transl. Mild. 18 p. 178; trucibus virgae ~is Ib. 21 p. 183; mulierem propter caecitatis ~am a viro derelictam Id. V. Iv. 21. 91B.  c Nilotica regna / quando decem plagas spurca cum gente luebant Aldh. Aen. 34 (Locusta) 7; cum decem plagis Egiptum percussit Petrus Dial. 16; ~as Egypti V. Fridesw. B 13; Moysis ‥ ad oracionem ~e Deus inmensitatem cessare precepit E. Thrip. SS II 17; terribiles ~as et signa quibus per Moysen afflicti fuerant Fordun Chr. I 13; c1396 tractatus de decem ~is Egipti (Catal. Librorum) Meaux III lxxxix.  d quinque ‥ ~as ‥ immisit ultio divina Brittannie ‥ primam per Romanos, ‥ secundam per Pictos et Scottos, ‥ tertiam per Anglicos, ‥ quartam per Dacos, ‥ quintam per Normannos H. Hunt. HA I 4; ne ~am Dacorum, que proxime secuta est, correcti perferrent Ib. IV 25 (= M. Par. Maj. I 353).

2 plăga [CL; cf. pelagus, πέλαγος, πλάξ], 2 plagia 1 tract, open expanse (of land, sea, or sky). stellae ‥ illam caeli ~am interdiu quam noctu antea lustrando circumeunt Bede TR 34; 957 Adam ‥ expulsus in has aerumpnosas orbis ~as CS 995; illam ~am caelestem que ‥ omni tali sorde intactissima est Adel. QN 74; si ‥ a qualibet ~a directe ad meridiem eatur lxvi miliaribus ‥ in priori ~a notata stella ‥ superior esse videbitur Id. Elk. 7; dicit ‘extra sidera’ quia quantum ad visum habitantium Rome illa ~a videtur quasi de mundo remota Bern. Comm. Aen. 124. 2 region, territory. b climatic region, zone. c quarter, direction. d (w. ref. to county, shire). ipse ‥ girat ‥ in occidente ab aquilonali ~a Comm. Cant. I 462; nascuntur homines in orientalibus ~is qui ‥ xv pedes altitudinis capiunt Lib. Monstr. I 43; Pictorum, qui illas Brittaniae ~as incolunt Bede HE III 3 p. 132; dominare in australi parte ‥ autem sit noster Aedmundus in finibus meridianae ~ae Enc. Emmae II 13; sicut ‥ orientales ~e propriis quibusdam ‥ preeminent ‥ ostentis Gir. TH pref. p. 20; Jacobus Duglas depredatus est ‥ totam orientalem ~am episcopatus Graystanes 36; s1336 totam ~am Scocie ‥ borialem Plusc. IX 34; patres ‥ ad Arianam vesaniam extirpandam ‥ Constantini ‥ fervor ex omnibus Christiani orbis ~iis coegit Bekinsau 747.  b senis ecce plagis latus qua panditur orbis Aldh. Aen. 100 (Creatura) 61; ~a si climata cardinalia designat Id. PR 113; ‘~a’, cum clima significat, brevis est ‘pla-‘, cum vindictam, longa Bede AM 98; climmata, ~ae GlC C 484; 9‥ clima, i. ~a, ascensio, eþl WW.  c quedam stridula cornix ad ~am voce pejorem cantavit V. Greg. p. 88; mundus quatuor ~is continetur, orientis, occidentis, meridiei, et aquilonis Egb. Dial. 411.  d Alfredus ‥ coactus est ‥ vix tribus ~is in fide cedentibus, i. e. Hamptesyre, Wyltesyre, et Summersetsyre Silgrave 44. 3 strip of land. b boundary-strip. c area along the shore, littoral. ~a, ‥ A forue Teaching Latin II 28.  b 704 a septemtrione ~a torrente austro flumine Tamisæ terminata CS 111; 811 ad meridianam ~am civitatis quae dicitur Hrofescester Ch. Roff. 17; 855 jugera a meridiano [sic] ~a villuli illius adjacentia Ib. 23; ecclesia ad occidentalem urbis ~am Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. Conf. 10 p. 84; a1155 sciatis me dedisse ‥ totum pratum a septentrionali ~a de Tuf’ usque ad pratum ecclesie Ch. Mowbray 47.  c intransmeabili ‥ circulo absque meridianae freto ~ae, quo ad Galliam Belgicam navigatur Gildas EB 3; gens Nordanhymbrorum ‥ quae ad aquilonalem Humbrae fluminis ~am habitabat Bede HE II 9; in occidentali ~a fluvii qui nuncupatur Uuenrisc CS 230; in insulam Enli ‥ cum sit circundata undique mari et eminenti promuntorio orientali ~a Lib. Landav. 2; Lindisse regionis, que est ad meridianam ~am [Bede HE II 16: ripam] Humbre fluminis M. Par. Maj. I 275; s1016 in ~a australi Thamensis fluminis scrobem profundam fodit Ib. I 495. 4 space alongside an artefact or structure. b space in a document. habebat ‥ domum in occidentali parte viculi. ‥ in orientali ~a ejusdem vici ‥ domus ‥ coepit ardere Bede CuthbP 14; sepelite me in hac mansione ‥ contra orientalem ~am sanctae crucis quam ibidem erexi Ib. 37; vir Dei ‥ sepultus est in cripta ad australem ~am sancti altaris Wulf. Æthelwold 41; c1200 dedi ‥ terram cum domo juxta parietem ecclesie sancti Nicholai versus occidentalem ~am MS Bristol City Ref. Libr. RB S. Aug. f. 42; novum ‥ ad orientalem ejusdem ecclesie ~am opus construere cepit G. Cold. Durh. 7; illa australis ~a ecclesie in magna parte renovaretur G. S. Alb. II 125.  b 840 testes ‥ quorum hic nomina in altera ~a cartulae flavescunt CS 430. 5 counterpane, blanket. blanckettes, bodices, ~ae (Huloet Abc.) CathA 34n. 6 net. ~ae, netrapas Ælf. Gl. 167; bilex, ~a ex virga facta Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 76; recia, regna plăgas dicunt et vulnera plāgas Serlo Wilt. 2. 87; ~a, reis Teaching Latin II 30; hoc rete, hec ~a, a nett WW.

3 plaga [ML cf. πλάγιος] , (mus.) mode in which the octave ranges from the fourth below to the fifth above its final. ~a proti Trop. Wint. 62; ~a deuteri Ib. 63; ~a triti Ib. 64; ~a tetrardi Ib.; est ‥ ~a cujuslibet authenti sibi secundus modus Odington 101.

4 plaga v. plaicia

1 plāga, (9) æ, f. (plango, cf. πληγή), coup, blessure [pr. et fig.] : verbera et plagas repræsentare Suet. Vitell. 10, montrer les coups de fouet et de bâton dont on est meurtri ; plagis confectus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 140, roué, déchiré de coups ; hæc Lacedæmoniis plaga mediocris Cic. Off. 1, 84, ce fut pour les Lacédémoniens un coup (un échec) médiocre ; mortifera Cic. Sest. 44, coup mortel ; alicui ou alicui rei plagam imponere Cic. Sest. 44 ; injicere Cic. Mur. 48 ; infligere Cic. Vat. 20, porter un coup à qqn, à qqch. ; plagam gravem facere Cic. Or. 228, porter un coup efficace ; plagam accipere Cic. Sest. 44, recevoir un coup, une blessure.

2 plăga, (11) æ, f. (πλάξ), étendue, région : cæli plagas scrutari Enn. d. Cic. Div. 2, 30 ; Rep. 1, 30, scruter les régions célestes, cf. Virg. En. 1, 394 ; quattuor plagæ Virg. En. 7, 226, les quatre zones ; plaga solis iniqui Virg. En. 7, 226, la zone torride || canton : Liv. 9, 41, 15.

3 plăga, (12) æ, f. , ¶ 1 filet, piège [pr. et fig.] : [au sing.] Cic. Off. 3, 68 ; Att. 7, 1, 5 ; Plin. 11, 83 ; [mais surtout au pl.] Cic. Off. 3, 68 ; Ac. 2, 147 ; Verr. 2, 5, 151 ; Fam. 12, 25, 4 ¶ 2 couverture de lit ou rideau de lit : Varr. d. Non. 162, 28 ; 378, 9 ; 537, 23.

plaga , ae. f.
傷。一刀傷。砍樹一刀。患難。災。

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plaga , ae. f.
水土。天一方。白被襌。Lactea — caeli 天河。

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plāga (1) ae, f

• PLAG-, a blow, stroke, stripe, cut, thrust, wound: merces plagae: (pueris) Dant animos plagae, V.: plagae et volnera, Ta.: plagae crescunt, Nisi prospicis, a flogging, T.: mortifera: inpulsio (atomorum), quam plagam appellat, shock. —Fig., a blow, stroke, injury, calamity, disaster, misfortune: accepisset res p. plagam: plaga iniecta petitioni tuae: sic nec orator plagam gravem facit, nisi, etc., makes a deep impression.

plaga (2) ae, f

• PARC-, a hunting-net, snare, gin: tabulam tamquam plagam ponere: in plagam cervus venit, O.—Usu. plur: tendere plagas: extricata densis Cerva plagis, H.: Nexilibus plagis silvas ambit, O.—Fig., a snare, trap, toil: hanc ergo plagam effugi: quas plagas ipsi contra se texuerunt: Antonium conieci in Caesaris plagas. —A stretch of country, region, quarter, zone, tract: aetheria, the ethereal regions, V.: caeli scrutantur plagas, C.poët.: plagae Quattuor, zones, V.: ad orientis plagam, Cu.: plaga una continuit ceteros in armis, one canton, L.

PLAGA

PLAGA[RETE. ]

Plaga

(ἐνάδιον). A hunting-net. See rete.