mastigia

From Ancient Greek μαστῑγίᾱς (mastīgíās, “one deserving of whipping”), from μάστιξ (mástix, “whip”).

For semantic parallels, compare native verberō (“scoundrel, rascal (worthy of being whipped)”) from verber (“whip, rod”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [masˈtiː.ɡi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [masˈt̪iː.d͡ʒi.a]

mastīgia m (genitive mastīgiae); first declension

1. (derogatory) scoundrel, rascal, rogue

   Synonyms: furcifer, verberō

First-declension noun.

• “mastigia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mastigia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mastigia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.