gibbet
From LSJ
φιλοτιμία καλεῖ τέχν' ὑπερόντα κτλ. → ambition for honor is calling superior sons ... (Inscription on church wall, Constantinople)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Use V. σκόλοψ, ὁ (lit., stake for impaling).
Met., for hanging: Ar. and V. ἀγχόνη, ἡ (rare P.).
verb transitive
P. ἀνασταυροῦν (lit., impale).
