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.