proper noun
Sescentō-plāgus
Meaning
- a man of six hundred stripes
Sescentō-plāgus, i, m. sescentiplaga,
I. a man of six hundred stripes, a name coined by Plautus:
nisi cottidiano sesquiopus confeceris, Sescentoplago nomen indetur tibi, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 68.