Probably from the base of massaomai (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease) -- plague, scourging.

see GREEK massaomai

μάστιγας (mastigas) − 1 Occurrence

μάστιγος (mastigos) − 2 Occurrences

μαστίγων (mastigōn) − 2 Occurrences

μάστιξιν (mastixin) − 1 Occurrence