μάστ-ιξ, ῑγος, ἡ,
whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.748, etc.; μ. λιγυρῇ 11.532 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππου μ. horse-whip, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 242 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.56, compare 103; τοξεύειν ὑπὸ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.25; τῇ μ. κνάπτειν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 275 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάστιγ᾽ ἔχων whip in hand, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 933, 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.37, 13.812; μάστιγι θείᾳ.. ἐλαύνομαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 682; πληγεὶς θεοῦ μάστιγι [prev. author] “Th.” 608 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 642 ] Refs]; μ. [Θεοῦ], of sickness, [[ NT.Mark.5.34, compare 3.10 (_plural_)] NT]; but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the lash of eloquence, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.219:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — _Ionic dialect_ μάστις (which see): μάστιγξ is not found.