αγχόνη

From LSJ

ἅλμην πιόντες ἐξαπῆλθον τοῦ βίου → they drank seawater and departed from life

Source

Greek Monolingual

η (Α ἀγχόνη)
ικρίωμα με κινητό βρόχο (θηλιά), ο οποίος περνιέται από τον λαιμό του καταδίκου και προξενεί τον πνιγμό του, αφού αφαιρεθεί βίαια το υποπόδιο, πάνω στο οποίο στέκεται
νεοελλ.
σκοινί, θηλιά, βρόχος απαγχονισμού
αρχ.
στραγγαλισμό με απαγχονισμό, κρέμασμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < ἄγχω.
ΠΑΡ. αρχ. ἀγχονίζω, ἀγχονιμαῖος, ἀγχόνιος.

Translations

gallows

Arabic: مِشْنَقَة; Egyptian Arabic: مشنقة; Armenian: կախաղան; Azerbaijani: dar ağacı; Basque: urkamendi; Belarusian: шыбеніца; Bulgarian: бесило, бесилка; Burmese: ကြိုးစင်; Catalan: forca; Chinese Hokkien: 絞刑架, 绞刑架; Mandarin: 絞刑架, 绞刑架, 絞架, 绞架, 絞臺, 绞台; Czech: šibenice; Danish: galge; Dutch: galg; Esperanto: pendumilo, pendigilo; Estonian: võllas; Faroese: gálgi; Finnish: hirsipuu, hirsi, hirttopaikka; French: gibet, potence; Georgian: სახრჩობელა; German: Galgen; Alemannic German: Galge; Greek: αγχόνη, κρεμάλα; Ancient Greek: ἀγχόνη, ξύλον, φοῦρκα; Hebrew: גַּרְדּוֹם; Hungarian: akasztófa, bitófa, bitó; Icelandic: gálgi; Irish: croch; Italian: forca, patibolo; Japanese: 絞首台; Kazakh: дар, дар ағашы; Korean: 교수대(絞首臺); Kurdish Northern Kurdish: sêdare; Kyrgyz: дар, дарга; Latin: arbor, gabalus, patibulum; Latvian: kārtavas; Lithuanian: kartuvės; Low German: Galgen; Luxembourgish: Gaalgen; Macedonian: бесилка; Maori: pou tārore; Nogai: аскак; Norman: gibet; Norwegian: galge; Persian: چوبه دار, دار; Plautdietsch: Gaulj; Polish: szubienica; Portuguese: forca, cadafalso; Romanian: spânzurătoare; Russian: виселица, шибеница; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: шибеница, ве̏шала, вје̏шала; Roman: šibenica, vešala, vjȅšala; Slovak: šibenica; Slovene: vislice; Spanish: horca, patíbulo; Swedish: galge, galgbacke; Tagalog: bibitayan; Tajik: чӯбаи дор, дор; Tatar: дар; Thai: ตะแลงแกง; Turkish: darağacı; Ukrainian: шибениця; Uzbek: dor; Vietnamese: giá treo cổ, giá xử giảo; Vilamovian: guolgia; Welsh: crocbren; West Frisian: galge; Yiddish: תּליה; Zazaki: darağaci, darahenıki