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This page features translations of symbol and motif terms in different languages from Southern Europe, accompanied by pictures.

Acanthus

Catalan	Italian	Latin	Modern Greek	Spanish
acant [m]	acanto [m]	epistȳlium [n]	επιστύλιο [n]	acanto [m]

Roman:

Caduceus

Ancient Greek	Italian	Modern Greek	Portuguese	Spanish
κηρύκειον [m]	caduceo [m]	κηρύκειο [n]	caduceu [m]	caduceo [m]

Greek:

Chi-Rho

Roman:

Cross

Albanian	Asturian	Basque	Catalan	Dalmatian	Friulian	Galician	Italian	Macedonian	Maltese	Modern Greek	Portuguese	Serbo-Croatian	Slovenian	Spanish
kryq [m]	cruz [f]	gurutz	creu [f]	crauc [f]	crôs [f]	cruz [f]	croce	крст [m]	salib [m]	ζωφόρος [f]	cruz [f]	кри̑ж [m], кр̏ст [m] krȋž [m], kȑst [m]	križ [m], križec [m]	cruz [f]

Albanian:

Basque:

Croatian:

Greek:

Italian:

Macedonian (Slavic):

Maltese:

Serbian:

Slovenian:

Egg-and-Dart

Roman:

Greek Cross

Modern Greek
Ελληνικός Σταυρός [m]

Greek:

Greek Key

Modern Greek
Μαίανδρος [m]

Greek:

Latin Cross

Modern Greek
Μαίανδρος

Italian:

Leaf-and-Dart

Greek:

Macedonian Cross

Macedonian
маке́донски крст [m]

Macedonian (Slavic):

Maltese Cross

Maltese:

Palmette

Modern Greek
ανθέμιο [n]

Etruscan:

Greek:

Volute

Italian	Modern Greek
voluta [f]	κοχλίας [m]

Greek:

Roman:

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