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Latin
Etymology
From crux (“cross”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
cruciō (present infinitive cruciāre, perfect active cruciāvī, supine cruciātum); first conjugation
- to crucify
- to torture
- Synonym: verberō
Conjugation
Derived terms
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