(verb) : flăgello, āvi, ātum, 1, flagellum
* To whip, scourge, lash (poet. and in postAug. prose).
* Lit.: quaestorem suum in conjuratione nominatum flagellavit,Suet. Calig. 26: aliquem manu sua,id. ib. 55; id. Claud. 38: canes extremis polypi crinibus,Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92: terga caudā (leo),id. 8, 16, 19, § 49; cf.: arborem caudā (serpens),Ov. M. 3, 94: messem perticis,to thresh out,Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298: serpentes sese interimunt flagellando,id. 25, 8, 55, § 101.—Absol.: in tergum flagellat,Quint. 11, 3, 118.
* Transf.: flagellent colla comae,beat, dangle against his face,Mart. 4, 42, 7: sertaque mixta comis sparsa cervice flagellat,i. e. shakes,Stat. Th. 10, 169; cf. id. ib. 3, 36: flagellatus aër,Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116: si puteal multa cautus vibice flagellas,i. e. practise outrageous usury,Pers. 4, 49: cujus laxas arca flagellat opes, presses down, i. e. encloses, Mart. 2, 30, 4; 5, 13, 6; cf.: prout aliquis praevalens manceps annonam flagellet, keeps back commodities, i.e. maintains them at too high a price, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 164.

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