crucio

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Latin

Etymology

From crux (cross) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

cruciō (present infinitive cruciāre, perfect active cruciāvī, supine cruciātum); first conjugation

  1. to crucify
  2. to torture
    Synonym: verberō

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References

  • crucio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crucio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crucio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to suffer agonies of thirst: siti cruciari, premi
    • to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
    • to suffer torments of expectation, delay: exspectatione torqueri, cruciari
    • the pains of torture: cruciatūs tormentorum