σταυρός (stafrós)

Pronunciation

Definitions & Examples

• noun:
  cross (geometrical figure)
  Examples:

  • Επειδή ο παππούς μου είναι αγράμματος, υπογράφει με σταυρό. (Epeidí o pappoús mou eínai agrámmatos, ypográfei me stavró.) — Since my grandfather is illiterate, he signs with a cross.
• noun:
  (Christianity) cross, crucifix (cross on which one is crucified; usually refers to the one upon which Jesus Christ died)
  Examples:

  • Ο Χριστός πέθανε πάνω στο σταυρό. (O Christós péthane páno sto stavró.) — Christ died on the cross.
• noun:
  (figuratively) cross (difficult situation that must be endured)
  Examples:

  • Ο καθένας σηκώνει μεγάλο σταυρό. (O kathénas sikónei megálo stavró.) — Everyone has their own cross to bear.
• noun:
  (Christianity) cross, crucifix (representation of the crucifixion stake of Christ worn or displayed by Christians)
  Examples:

  • Ο αρχιεπίσκοπος φοράει χρυσό σταυρό. (O archiepískopos foráei chrysó stavró.) — The archbishop is wearing a gold cross.
• noun:
  (Christianity) sign of the cross (gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body in the shape of a cross)
  Examples:

  • κάνω τον σταυρό μου (káno ton stavró mou) — I make (the sign of) the cross
• noun:
  (puppetry) control bar (wooden device used to control marionettes)
• noun:
  (anatomy, colloquial) glabella (space between the eyebrows and the nose)
• noun:
  (gymnastics) Iron Cross (maneuver in which both arms are extended straight out from the sides of the body while suspended mid air and holding onto rings)