whip, lash, scourge; thong (javelin); vine shoot
Latin word, found 77 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Georgics 2.299: Neve inter vitis corylum sere, neve flagella
Vergil, Aeneid 5.579: Epytides longe dedit insonuitque flagello.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.367: continet, ex omni dimissis parte flagellis.
All forms of flagellum