μαστίζω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • μᾰστῐᾰ́ω (măstĭắō)Epic
  • μᾰστῐ́σδω (măstĭ́sdō)Doric

Etymology

From μάστῑξ (mástīx, whip), stem historically *μᾰστῐγϳ- (*măstĭgj-).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μᾰστῐ́ζω • (măstĭ́zō)

  1. to whip; to flog
    Synonyms: μᾰστῑγέω (măstīgéō), μᾰστῑγόω (măstīgóō)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • κᾰτᾰμᾰστῐ́ζω (kătămăstĭ́zō)
  • ἀμαστῑ́γωτος (amastī́gōtos, unscourged)
  • ἀπομαστῑγόω (apomastīgóō, scourge severely)
  • δῐᾰμαστιγόω (dĭămastigóō, scourge severely)
  • μαστῑγιάω (mastīgiáō, deserve whipping)
  • μαστῑγονομέομαι (mastīgonoméomai, be governed by the scourge)
  • μάστῑξ (mástīx, lash)

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 (mastízō).

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