Jastrow: גַּרְדֹּום

גַּרְדֹּום, גַּרְדֹּון m. (גרד, cmp. Targ. Jud. VIII, 6 s. v. גְּרַד; cmp. סָרַק) place of torture and execution, (Roman) executioner’s scaffold, gallows. Sabb. 32ᵃ העולה לג׳ לידון he who ascends the scaffold to be punished. Ab. Zar. I, 7 בסילקי ג׳ וכ׳ a basilica, a scaffold &c., interpreted ib. 16ᵇ בס׳ של ג׳ a basilica for tortures, executions &c., i.e. a basilica for holding court. Pesik. Shimu, p. 118ᵇ תלאו בגרדון ordered him to be suspended on the gallows (for torture); Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ top תְּלָיָין בג׳ (cmp. Gitt. 57ᵇ, a. e. מסריקנא וכ׳). Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. X, end והגרדין טהור ed. Zuck. (ed. ברדין; corr. acc.) the torturer’s block is not affected by levitical impurity.