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English translation: crucifixion


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Greek (Ancient) term or phrase:σταύρωσις
English translation:crucifixion
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22:02 Feb 25, 2004
Greek (Ancient) to English translations [Non-PRO]
History / biblical
Greek (Ancient) term or phrase: starous
meathod of execution
leah
crucifixion
Explanation:
However, your original word should be "óôáýñùóéò" (stavrosis)

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-02-25 22:07:56 GMT)
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Undoubtedly, one of the cruelest and most humiliating forms of punishment in the ancient world was, according to ancient sources, crucifixion. The Jewish historian Josephus best described it following the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 66-70 as \"the most wretched of deaths.\"1 Whereas in Seneca\'s Epistle 101 to Lucilius, he argues that suicide is preferable to the cruel fate of being put on the cross.

This form of state terror was widespread across the Roman Empire which included Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. It originated several centuries before the Common Era and continued into the fourth century AD when the practice was discontinued by Constantine, the emperor of Rome. While its origins are obscured in antiquity, it is clear that this form of capital punishment lasted for around 800 years and tens if not hundreds of thousands of individuals were subject to this cruel and humiliating death. Mass executions in which hundreds and thousands died – such as the well known crucifixion of 6,000 followers of Spartacus as part, of a victory celebration along the Appian Way in 71 BCE – appear in the literature.2
Josephus,
Jewish War 7.203

The word you gave us is possibly \"óôáõñüò\" (stavros)= the cross

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Note added at 32 mins (2004-02-25 22:35:49 GMT)
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http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/crucifixion.html
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crucifixion


Explanation:
However, your original word should be "óôáýñùóéò" (stavrosis)

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-02-25 22:07:56 GMT)
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Undoubtedly, one of the cruelest and most humiliating forms of punishment in the ancient world was, according to ancient sources, crucifixion. The Jewish historian Josephus best described it following the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 66-70 as \"the most wretched of deaths.\"1 Whereas in Seneca\'s Epistle 101 to Lucilius, he argues that suicide is preferable to the cruel fate of being put on the cross.

This form of state terror was widespread across the Roman Empire which included Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. It originated several centuries before the Common Era and continued into the fourth century AD when the practice was discontinued by Constantine, the emperor of Rome. While its origins are obscured in antiquity, it is clear that this form of capital punishment lasted for around 800 years and tens if not hundreds of thousands of individuals were subject to this cruel and humiliating death. Mass executions in which hundreds and thousands died – such as the well known crucifixion of 6,000 followers of Spartacus as part, of a victory celebration along the Appian Way in 71 BCE – appear in the literature.2
Josephus,
Jewish War 7.203

The word you gave us is possibly \"óôáõñüò\" (stavros)= the cross

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Note added at 32 mins (2004-02-25 22:35:49 GMT)
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http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/crucifixion.html

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agree  Krzysztof Laskowski: Εχεις δίκιο, Βίκυ. Μα λάθη όπως αυτό με νευριάζουν, ιδιαίτερα τα λάθη σχετισμένα με τα ελληνικά και λατινικά
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  -> EìÝíá íá äåéò... êé Üëëï ôüóï ôá Greeklish. Åõ÷áñéóôþ ðïëý, ðÜíôùò êáé ... øõ÷ñáéìßá!

agree  Joseph J. Brazauskas: haud minime Graece tecum, femina doctissima, neque cum Nergalo contendere possum. Satin' quod Karthaginienses hoc crudelitatis instituerunt, a quibus id Romani acceperunt?
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Joe. How right you are! But how can we make people respect classical languages except if they are students of ours...

agree  Valentini Mellas
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  -> Thanks, Val!

agree  xxxx-Translator
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