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発音

• IPA: /ˌflæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

語源 1

From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).

名詞

flagellation (countable and uncountable, plural flagellations)

1. Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42:

     As a means of restoring vigor to the generative organs, flagellation was recommended by the ancient physicians as an effectual remedy, in accordance with the Hippocratic principle of ubi stimulus, ibi affluxus.

派生語

関連する語

• flagellant, flagellantism
• flogging
• self-flagellation

語源 2

From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.

名詞

flagellation (plural flagellations)

1. (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement

派生語

参照

• “flagellation” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.