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Latin
Etymology
Probably from *bʰleh₂- (“to swing back and forth”) + *-rom, whence also flāgitō (“I demand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
flagrum n (genitive flagrī); second declension
- whip, scourge, lash
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
References
- “flagrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “flagrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- flagrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “flagrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “flagrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “flagrum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224