μαστίζω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From μάστῑξ (mástīx, whip), stem μαστιγ-j-.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μαστίζω (mastízō)

  1. to whip, flog

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Descendants

  • Greek: μαστίζω (mastízo)

Further reading

  • μαστίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μαστίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μαστίζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαστίζω.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈsti.zo/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧στί‧ζω

Verb

μαστίζω (mastízo) (past —, passive μαστίζομαι) found only in the imperfective tenses

  1. to scourge, plague, infest
    Μια επιδημία μαστίζει τον πληθυσμό.
    Mia epidimía mastízei ton plithysmó.
    A plague is hitting the populace.

Conjugation