Ancient Greek

Noun

σταυρός • ‎(staurós) m ‎(genitive σταυροῦ); second declension

1. upright stake or pile
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.11

     Outside he had driven stakes the whole length, this way and that.

2. crucifix
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 27.40

     εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ, κατάβηθι απὸ τοῦ σταυροῦ.

     If you are the son of God, come down from the cross!

Inflection

Derived terms

Synonyms

• πᾶλος ‎(pâlos)
• σκόλοψ ‎(skólops)
• στᾰ́λῐξ ‎(stálix)
• χᾰ́ρᾰξ ‎(khárax)

Descendants

• Greek: σταυρός ‎(stavrós)

References

• σταυρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σταυρός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «σταυρός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “G4716”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cross idem, page 185.
  • pale idem, page 589.
  • paling idem, page 590.
  • pile idem, page 612.
  • post idem, page 629.
  • stake idem, page 809.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σταυρός ‎(staurós). Cognate with Icelandic staur ‎(“a stake, pole”), English stour ‎(“stake, pole”), Swedish stör. Compare also staff.

Noun

σταυρός • ‎(stavrós) m ‎(plural σταυροί)

1. cross (geometrical figure)

Declension

Related terms

• σταυροδρόμι n ‎(stavrodrómi, “crossroads”)
• σταυρόλεξο n ‎(stavrólexo, “crossword”)

See also

• Ερυθρός Σταυρός m ‎(Erythrós Stavrós, “Red Cross”)