crucio
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crucio (vai alla coniugazione) prima coniugazione (paradigma: cruciō, cruciās, cruciavī, cruciatum, cruciāre)
- crocifiggere
- torturare
- (per estensione) tormentare, martoriare, affliggere, provocare dolore e pena (fisica o psicologica)
- (pronuncia classica) IPA: /ˈkru.ki.oː/
da crux, "croce", nel senso di "strumento di tortura"
- Enrico Olivetti, Dizionario Latino Olivetti edizione on line su www.dizionario-latino.com, Olivetti Media Communication
- Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, lemma crucio (edizione online sul portale del Progetto Perseus)