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Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out of, from”) + cruciō (“crucify; torture, torment”).
Pronunciation
Verb
excruciō (present infinitive excruciāre, perfect active excruciāvī, supine excruciātum); first conjugation
- to torment greatly, torture, rack, plague; afflict, distress, harass, vex
- to force out by torturing, extort
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “excrucio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “excrucio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excrucio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be tormented by remorse: conscientia mala angi, excruciari