scutica

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

scŭtĭca, ae, f.,

a lash , whip (milder than flagellum): ne scuticā sectere, Hor. S. 1, 3, 119; Juv. 6, 480; Ov. H. 9, 81; Mart. 10, 62, 8 (dub.): si quis Orbilius ferulā scuticāque cecidit, Domit. ap. Suet. Gram. 9.

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