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Latin
Etymology
From cruciō (“crucify, torture”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
cruciāmen n (genitive cruciāminis); third declension
- torture, torment, pain
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Synonyms
References
- “cruciamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cruciamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- cruciamen in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016