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plaga ae, f

PARC-, a hunting-net, snare, gin : tabulam tamquam plagam ponere: in plagam cervus venit, O.—Usu. plur: tendere plagas: extricata densis Cerva plagis, H.: Nexilibus plagis silvas ambit, O.—Fig., a snare, trap, toil : hanc ergo plagam effugi: quas plagas ipsi contra se texuerunt: Antonium conieci in Caesaris plagas. — A stretch of country, region, quarter, zone, tract : aetheria, the ethereal regions , V.: caeli scrutantur plagas, C. poët.: plagae Quattuor, zones , V.: ad orientis plagam, Cu.: plaga una continuit ceteros in armis, one canton , L.

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