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"description": "plāga (noun F) : cf. plango, = πληγή\n* A blow, stroke, wound, stripe (class.; syn.: ictus, verbera, vulnus).\n* Lit.\n* In gen., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134: (pueris) dant animos plagae,Verg. A. 7, 382; Ov. M. 12, 487; 13, 119; Gell. 5, 15, 7: plagae et vulnera,Tac. G. 7.—Of the shock of atoms striking together, Cic. Fat. 20, 48; cf. id. ib. 10, 22.\n* Trop.\n* Absol.: plagis costae callent,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4: quem irrigatum plagis pistori dabo,refreshed by a flogging,id. Ep. 1, 2, 18: plagas pati,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13: plagas perferre,to bear, receive blows,Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41: plagam accipere,id. Sest. 19, 44: plagam mortiferam infligere,to inflict a mortal wound,id. Vatin. 8, 20: plaga mediocris pestifera,id. Off. 1, 24, 84: verbera et plagas repraesentare,stripes and blows,Suet. Vit. 10: plagis confectus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 140: flagelli plaga livorem facit,Vulg. Ecclus. 28, 21: plagam curare,Cels. 5, 26, 24: suere,id. 5, 26, 23.\n* Transf., a welt, scar, stripe: etiam de tergo ducentas plagas praegnatis dabo,swollen welts,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10.\n* A blow, stroke; an injury, misfortune (class.): illa plaga est injecta petitioni tuae maxima,that great blow was given, that great obstacle was presented,Cic. Mur. 23, 48: sic nec oratio plagam gravem facit, nisi, etc.,makes a deep impression,id. Or. 68, 228: levior est plaga ab amico, quam a debitore,loss, injury,id. Fam. 9, 16, 7: hac ille perculsus plaga non succubuit,blow, disaster,Nep. Eum. 5.\n* A plague, pestilence, infection (late Lat.): leprae,Vulg. Lev. 13, 2; id. 2 Reg. 24, 25.\n* An affliction, annoyance (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 7, 19: caecitatis,id. Tob. 2, 13.\n* Slaughter, destruction (late Lat.): percussit eos plagā magnā,Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 5; id. 2 Reg. 17, 9."
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"description": "plăga (noun F) : root plek-; Gr. πλέκω, weave, entwine; cf. plecto, plico, du-plex\n* A hunting-net, snare, gin (class.; syn.: retia, casses).\n* Lit.: canes compellunt in plagas lupum,Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 35: tendere plagas,Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: extricata densis Cerva plagis,Hor. C. 3, 5, 32; Ov. M. 7, 768: nodosae,id. F. 6, 110: inque plagam nullo cervus agente cadit (al. plagas),id. A. A. 3, 428: aut trudit ... Apros in obstantes plagas,Hor. Epod. 2, 32.—Of the spider's web: illa difficile cernuntur, atque ut in plagis liniae offensae praecipitant in sinum,Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—Sing. (very rare): sic tu ... tabulam tamquam plagam ponas,Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68.\n* A bedcurtain, a curtain (ante-class.; v. plagula), Varr. ap. Non. 162, 28: eburneis lectis et plagis sigillatis,id. ib. 378, 9: chlamydes, plagae, vela aurea,id. ib. 537, 23."
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"description": "plăga (noun F) : root πλακ- of Gr. πλακοῦς; cf. planca, plancus, plānus.\n* A region, quarter, tract (mostly poet.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12, where de plagis omnibus is the reading of the best MSS., but pagis of the edd.; but cf. Mütz. ad Georg Curtius p. 516 sq.; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 869; syn.: regio, tractus, terra): aetheria,the ethereal regions, the air,Verg. A. 1, 394: caeli scrutantur plagas, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30: et si quem extenta plagarum Quattuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui,zones,Verg. A. 7, 226: ardens,the torrid zone,Sen. Herc. Oet. 67; also called fervida, id ib. 1219: septentrionalis, Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136: ea plaga caeli,Just. 42, 3, 2: ad orientis plagam,Curt. 4, 37, 16: ad orientalem plagam,on the east, in the eastern quarter,Vulg. Deut. 4, 41: contra orientalem plagam urbis, id. Josue, 4, 19: ad septentrionalem plagam collis,side,id. Judic. 7, 1 et saep.\n* In partic., a region, district, canton (only in Liv.), Liv. 9, 41, 15."
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