σταυρός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σταυρός
σταυροῦ
Structure:
σταυρ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- upright stake or pile
- 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.
- "καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐταραττόμην πρὸσ αὐτά, νῦν δὲ δὴ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔθουσ οὐδέν τι παράλογον ὁρᾶν μοι δοκῶ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐξ οὗ μοι τὸν δακτύλιον ὁ Ἄραψ ἔδωκε σιδήρου τοῦ ἐκ τῶν σταυρῶν πεποιημένον καὶ τὴν ἐπῳδὴν ἐδίδαξεν τὴν πολυώνυμον, ἐκτὸσ εἰ μὴ κἀμοὶ ἀπιστήσεισ, ὦ Τυχιάδη. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 15:3)
- καὶ πρὶν ἐν ὑποψίᾳ, γενέσθαι βασιλέα τοῦ πράγματοσ ἐγχειρίσασα τοῖσ ἐπὶ τῶν τιμωριῶν προσέταξεν ἐκδεῖραι ζῶντα, καὶ τὸ μὲν σῶμα πλάγιον διὰ τριῶν σταυρῶν ἀναπῆξαι, τὸ δὲ δέρμα χωρὶσ διαπατταλεῦσαι. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 17 5:1)
- ἅμα δὲ ἑῴ, καταπηχθέντων σταυρῶν ἐξ ὀλίγου διαστήματοσ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, σανίδεσ τοῖσ σταυροῖσ ἐπετέθησαν, καὶ διὰ τῶνδε τῶν καταστρωμάτων ὁ μὲν Καῖσαρ καὶ ὁ Ἀντώνιοσ παρῆλθον ἐσ τὸ πρὸσ τῇ γῇ πεποιημένον, ὁ δὲ Πομπήιοσ καὶ ὁ Λίβων ἐσ τὸ πελαγιώτερον, ὀλίγου ῥεύματοσ αὐτοὺσ διείργοντοσ μὴ κεκραγότασ ἀλλήλων ἀκούειν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 8 5:3)
- καὶ τῶν σταυρῶν ὑποκαέντων ἥ τε διώρυξ ἐνέδωκεν ἀθρόα, καὶ μετὰ μεγίστου ψόφου κατεσείσθη τὰ χώματα εἰσ αὐτήν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 533:1)
- ἴκρια ἐπὶ σταυρῶν ὑψηλῶν ἐζευγμένα ἐν μέσῃ ἕστηκε τῇ λίμνῃ, ἔσοδον ἐκ τῆσ ἠπείρου στεινὴν ἔχοντα μιῇ γεφύρῃ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 16 2:3)
