ἄνδραγχος
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English (LSJ)
ὁ, throttler of men: executioner, Eust.1833.54, 1858.57: ἄνδραχοι· δήμιος Hsch.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ verdugo, ejecutor Eust.1833.54, 1858.57, cf. Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄνδραγχος: ὁ τοὺς ἄνδρας ἄγχων, ὁ δήμιος, Εὐστ. 1833, 54., 1858. 57: - ἄνδραγχνος, εἶναι ἐσφαλμένη γραφή.
Translations
executioner
Albanian: therës, thikar; Arabic: جَلَّاد; Armenian: դահիճ; Azerbaijani: cəllad; Bashkir: йәлләт; Basque: borrero; Belarusian: кат; Bengali: জল্লাদ; Bulgarian: палач, джелат; Burmese: အာဏာသား; Catalan: botxí, botxina; Chinese Mandarin: 劊子手/刽子手; Czech: kat, popravčí; Danish: bøddel, skarpretter; Dutch: beul; Esperanto: ekzekutisto; Estonian: timukas; Faroese: bøðil; Finnish: teloittaja, pyöveli; French: exécuteur des hautes œuvres, bourreau, exécuteur de la haute justice, maître des hautes œuvres, bourrelle; Galician: buxeu, verdugo; Georgian: ჯალათი; German: Henker, Scharfrichter, Henkerin, Scharfrichterin; Greek: εκτελεστής, δήμιος; Ancient Greek: ἄνδραγχος, ἀποκεφαλιστής, δάμιος, δήμιος, δημόκοινος, δημόσιος, ζημιωτής, ζητρός, κυαιστιωνάριος, ποινουργός, πρόδικος, τιμωρός; Hebrew: תַּלְיָן; Hindi: जल्लाद; Hungarian: hóhér; Icelandic: böðull; Indonesian: algojo, jalad; Irish: básadóir, céastúnach; Italian: boia, carnefice; Japanese: 死刑執行人, 処刑人; Kazakh: жазалаушы, жендет; Khmer: ពេជ្ឈឃាដ; Korean: 사형 집행인, 망나니; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: celad; Kyrgyz: желдет; Lao: ເພັດຊະຄາດ; Latgalian: kāts; Latin: carnifex, carnufex; Latvian: bende; Lithuanian: budelis; Luxembourgish: Henker; Macedonian: џелат, главосек, главорез, погубник, палач, бесач; Malay: algojo, pertanda, jalad, pelebaya; Malayalam: ആരാച്ചാർ; Maltese: eżekutur; Maori: kaiwhakamate; Mirandese: algoç; Mongolian: зандалчин; Northern Sami: bievval; Norwegian: bøddel, skarpretter; Ottoman Turkish: جلاد; Pali: vajjhaghātaka; Pashto: جلاد; Persian: دژخیم, جلاد; Polish: kat, oprawca; Portuguese: carrasco, algoz; Romanian: călău, gâde; Romansch: boier, sbir, hentger; Russian: палач, экзекутор, кат; Sanskrit: कालपाशिक, वधकर्माधिकारिन्; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: главосек, главосеча, крвник, џелат; Roman: glavosek, glavoseča, krvnik, dželat; Slovak: kat, popravca; Slovene: krvnik, rabelj; Sorbian Upper Sorbian: kat; Spanish: verdugo, carnífice, verduga; Swahili: mchinja, mchinjaji, mnyongaji; Swedish: bödel; Tajik: ҷаллод; Tatar: җәллад; Thai: เพชฌฆาต; Turkish: cellat; Turkmen: jellat; Ukrainian: кат; Urdu: جلاد; Uyghur: جاللات; Uzbek: jallod; Vietnamese: người hành hình, đao phủ; Welsh: dienyddiwr