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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: shortening of Old French ''escorge'' (noun), ''escorgier'' (verb), from [[Latin]] ex- ‘thoroughly’ + corrigia ‘thong, whip.’
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: whip; especially : one used to inflict [[pain]] or punishment
*2: an instrument of punishment or [[criticism]]
*3: a [[cause]] of wide or great affliction
==Description==
A '''scourge''' is a whip or lash, especially a multi-thong type, used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification on the back.
The scourge, or flail, and the crook are the two [[symbols]] of [[power]] and [[domination]] depicted in the hands of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris Osiris] in Egyptian monuments. They are the unchanging form of the instrument throughout the ages, though one [[interpretation]] of the flail depicted in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology Egyptian mythology] is that it was an agricultural instrument used to thresh wheat, not implement corporal punishment.
The priests of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele Cybele] scourged themselves and others. Such stripes were considered [[sacred]].
From a Biblical quotation, scorpio "scorpion" is Latin for a Roman flagrum. Hard material was affixed to multiple thongs to give a flesh-tearing "bite". 1 Kings 12:11: "...My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions" said Rehoboam, referring to increased conscription and taxation beyond Solomon's. The name testifies to the pain caused by the arachnid. To its generous Roman application testifies the existence of the Latin words Flagrifer 'carrying a whip' and Flagritriba 'often-lashed slave'.[4] According to the Gospel of John, Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, ordered Jesus to be scourged, it being the first [[step]] in the traditional Roman punishment for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parricide parricide].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scourge]
[[Category: Anthropology]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: shortening of Old French ''escorge'' (noun), ''escorgier'' (verb), from [[Latin]] ex- ‘thoroughly’ + corrigia ‘thong, whip.’
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: whip; especially : one used to inflict [[pain]] or punishment
*2: an instrument of punishment or [[criticism]]
*3: a [[cause]] of wide or great affliction
==Description==
A '''scourge''' is a whip or lash, especially a multi-thong type, used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification on the back.
The scourge, or flail, and the crook are the two [[symbols]] of [[power]] and [[domination]] depicted in the hands of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris Osiris] in Egyptian monuments. They are the unchanging form of the instrument throughout the ages, though one [[interpretation]] of the flail depicted in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology Egyptian mythology] is that it was an agricultural instrument used to thresh wheat, not implement corporal punishment.
The priests of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele Cybele] scourged themselves and others. Such stripes were considered [[sacred]].
From a Biblical quotation, scorpio "scorpion" is Latin for a Roman flagrum. Hard material was affixed to multiple thongs to give a flesh-tearing "bite". 1 Kings 12:11: "...My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions" said Rehoboam, referring to increased conscription and taxation beyond Solomon's. The name testifies to the pain caused by the arachnid. To its generous Roman application testifies the existence of the Latin words Flagrifer 'carrying a whip' and Flagritriba 'often-lashed slave'.[4] According to the Gospel of John, Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, ordered Jesus to be scourged, it being the first [[step]] in the traditional Roman punishment for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parricide parricide].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scourge]
[[Category: Anthropology]]
