Meaning of plāga | Babel Free

Definitions

1. plague, misfortune
   declension-1
2. tract, region, quarter, zone
   declension-1, feminine
3. a hunting net, web, used to set traps, snares
   declension-1, feminine, plural, plural-only
4. stroke, blow, cut, strike
   declension-1
5. wound, gash, injury
   declension-1
6. bedcurtain, curtain
   declension-1, feminine, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Attributed to Ennius by Cicero in De divinatione, Book II, Chapter XIII Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat, caeli scrutantur plagas.”

What is before the feet, noone regards; the skies are searched in the regions.

“Near-synonym: tēla”

“Sed speculabor, ne quis aut hinc aut ab laeva aut dextera”

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“… rētia rāra, plagae, lātō vēnābula ferrō, …. [Young hunters carrying] wide-meshed nets, traps, [and] hunting spears [tipped] with broad blades, …. (The only appearance of this word in Virgil’s poetry. The “rētia rāra” are thin or widely-woven nets; in context, the “plagae” may be understood as stronger nets, snares, traps, or even ropes for securing the “retia.” Translations vary.)”

“Si pugnat extricata densis cerva plagis, erit ille fortis qui perfidis se credidit hostibus et Marte Poenos proteret altero; […]”

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“Ipsus illic sese iam impedivit in plagas; […]”

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“Posthac tamen, cum haec quaeremus, potius de dissensionibus tantis summorum uirorum disseramus, de obscuritate naturae deque errore tot philosophorum, qui de bonis contrariisque rebus tanto opere discrepant, ut, cum plus uno uerum esse non possit, iacere necesse sit tot tam nobilis disciplinas, quam de oculorum sensuumque reliquorum mendaciis et de sorite aut pseudomeno, quas plagas ipsi contra se Stoici texuerunt.”

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