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maintains them at too high a price

  • 1 flagello

    flăgello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [flagellum], to whip, scourge, lash ( poet. and in postAug. prose).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > flagello

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