pillory

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Use Ar. and P. ξύλον, τό, ξύλον πεντεσύριγγον, P. and V. κλῷος, ὁ (Euripides, Cyclops 235).

verb transitive

Met., brand with disgrace: P. εἰς στήλην γράφειν.

Wikipedia EN

The 17th-century perjurer Titus Oates in a pillory

The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse. The pillory is related to the stocks.

Translations

Afrikaans: skandpaal; Bulgarian: позорен стъ́лб; Catalan: picota; Chinese Mandarin: 頸手枷, 颈手枷, 頭手迦, 头手迦; Czech: pranýř; Danish: gabestok; Dutch: schandpaal; Esperanto: punpilorio; Estonian: häbipost; Finnish: häpeäpaalu; French: pilori; Galician: rollo, picota; German: Pranger, Schandpfahl; Greek: κύφωνας; Ancient Greek: ξύλον, ξύλον πεντεσύριγγον, κύφων; Hungarian: pellengér; Italian: gogna; Japanese: さらし台; Latin: patibulum; Lithuanian: gėdos stulpas; Macedonian: срамен столб; Norwegian: gapestokk; Polish: dyby, gąsior; Portuguese: pelourinho; Russian: позорный столб; Serbo-Croatian: stup srama, stub srama, stup sramote, prànger; Slovene: sramotilini steber, pranger; Spanish: picota; Swedish: stupstock, skampåle; Westrobothnian: håk