- φραγελλόω
- φραγελλόω (φραγγέλιον; in Christian usage [s. end of this entry]; but cp. TestBenj 2:3 and Aesop fr. the Cod. Paris. 1277: CRochefort, Notices et Extraits II [1789] 719 no. 19) 1 aor. ἐφραγέλλωσα (Lat. loanw.: flagello; s. φραγέλλιον) flog, scourge, a punishment inflicted on slaves and provincials after a sentence of death had been pronounced on them. So in the case of Jesus before the crucifixion (cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 306 οὓς μάστιξιν προαικισάμενος ἀνεσταύρωσεν [sc. Φλῶρος]; 5, 449; Lucian, Pisc. 2) Mt 27:26; Mk 15:15 (Mommsen, Röm. Strafrecht 1899, 938f; 983f; RAC IX, 469–90; contrast the action Lk 23:16 παιδεύω; J 19:1 μαστιγόω). Performed after sentence to animal combat AcPl Ha 1, 30.—RGundry, Mark ’93, 938f (reff.). DELG s.v. φραγέλλιον.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.