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Headword:
*stauroi/
Adler number: sigma,1011
Translated headword: stakes, pales, crosses
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] timbers fixed upright.[1]
[Note] that in the reign of
Theodosius the great emperor, when the Greek [pagan] sanctuaries were purified, there were found in the temple of Serapis hieroglyphic writings with symbols of crosses. When those of the Greeks who had become Christians saw this, they said that, for those who knew hieroglyphics, the cross signified the life to come.[2]
*stauroi/: ta\ o)rqa\ pephgo/ta cu/la. o(/ti e)pi\ *qeodosi/ou tou= mega/lou basile/ws kaqairome/nwn tw=n *(ellhnikw=n i(erw=n, eu(re/qhsan e)n tw=| tou= *sara/pidos new=| i(eroglufika\ gra/mmata, staurw=n e)/xonta tu/pous, a(/per qeasa/menoi oi( e)c *(ellh/nwn xristiani/santes, e)/fasan, shmai/nein to\n stauro\n para\ toi=s i(eroglufika\ ginw/skousi gra/mmata zwh\n e)perxome/nhn.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. From the
scholia to
Thucydides 2.75.1, where the verb
periestau/rwsan occurs.
[2] George the Monk,
Chronicon 583.13-19.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 February 2002@16:02:30.
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