To whip or scourge severely, especially with reference to dual or doubled punishment.
From Latin 'di-' (two, intensifying) + 'mastigare' (to whip), from Greek 'mastix' (whip). The prefix intensifies the root meaning of beating or striking.
Dimastigate combines 'two' and 'whip' to suggest double punishment—it's the kind of archaic legal term you'd find in ancient punishment codes before societies developed more humane justice!
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