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plāga , ae, f. cf. plango, = πληγή,
I.a blow, stroke, wound, stripe (class.; syn.: ictus, verbera, vulnus).
I. Lit.
A. 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.—
B. In partic., a blow which wounds or injures; a stroke, cut, thrust; a wound (class.).
1. 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.—
2. With gen.: “scorpionum et canum plagas sanare,” Plin. H. N. 23 prooem. 3, § 6.—
C. Transf., a welt, scar, stripe: “etiam de tergo ducentas plagas praegnatis dabo,” swollen welts, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10.—
II. Trop.
A. 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.—
B. A plague, pestilence, infection (late Lat.): “leprae,” Vulg. Lev. 13, 2; id. 2 Reg. 24, 25.—
C. An affliction, annoyance (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 7, 19: “caecitatis,” id. Tob. 2, 13.—
D. Slaughter, destruction (late Lat.): “percussit eos plagā magnā,” Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 5; id. 2 Reg. 17, 9.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (26):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.16.7
    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 23.5
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 13.2
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 8.20
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.134
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.140
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    • Cicero, For Sestius, 19.44
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.487
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.382
    • Old Testament, 2 Samuel, 17.9
    • Old Testament, 2 Samuel, 24.25
    • Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 7.19
    • Tacitus, Germania, 7
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 2.2
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 1.2
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 10
    • Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes, 5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 23
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    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.24
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.15.7
    • Cicero, Orator, 68.228
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