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σταυρός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σταυρός σταυροῦ

Structure: σταυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sth=nai

Sense

  1. upright stake or pile
  2. crucifix

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • παρεπέμπετο δὲ ὅμωσ ὑπὸ πολλῶν καὶ ἐνεφορεῖτο τῆσ δόξησ ἀποβλέπων ἐσ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν θαυμαζόντων, οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὁ ἄθλιοσ ὅτι καὶ τοῖσ ἐπὶ τὸν σταυρὸν ἀπαγομένοισ ἢ ὑπὸ τοῦ δημίου ἐχομένοισ πολλῷ πλείουσ ἕπονται. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 14:3)
  • ὅμοιον ὡσ εἴ τισ ἐπὶ σταυρὸν ἀναβήσεσθαι μέλλων τὸ ἐν τῷ δακτύλῳ πρόσπταισμα θεραπεύοι. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 25:5)
  • "ἀλλ’ εἰσ σταυρὸν καθηλώσεισ ἢ σκόλοπι πήξεισ; (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 2:16)
  • "ἀλλ’ εἰσ σταυρὸν καθηλώσεισ ἢ σκόλοπι πήξεισ; (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 6:13)
  • καὶ τῷ μὲν σώματι τῶν κολαζομένων ἕκαστοσ κακούργων ἐκφέρει τὸν αὑτοῦ σταυρόν· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 9 3:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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