scourging

scourging
subs.
Blows: P. and V. πληγαί, αἱ.

scourging (subs.): expr. by verbĕra, um, n. pl. (lashes): to torture with chains and s. and every kind of punishment, vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciare, Cic. Man. 5, 11: I am not afraid of a s., verbera non vereor, Hor. S. 1, 3, 121. Fig.: the s.s of the tongue, verbera linguae, Hor. Od. 3, 12, 3: v. FLOGGING.

scourging Scourging

• of Spartan lads at image of Artemis Orthia: Paus. 3.16.10, Paus. 8.23.1
• of women at festival of Dionysus at Alea: Paus. 8.23.1