cruciarie
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cruciarius, cruciaria, cruciarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
of/pertaining to the cross/torture; full of torture (L+S);
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →cruciarius, cruciari(i):
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
crucified person; one deserving crucifixion/fit for the gallows, gallows-bird;
voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...illaec narrat tibi? Pa. Lamentari ait illam, miseram cruciari et lacrimantem se adflictare, quia tis egeat, quia..." - L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sparsis infamia tristis; illum videbis alienae uxoris amore cruciari, illum suae; non deerit quem repulsa distorqueat; erunt quos..." - G
Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...feretur pro ludibrio praemium:non ueto dimitti, uerum cruciari fame,ne uentrem continere non possint suum.Illi autem..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...facto, fac'. Et qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent, cruciari dies, noctes torqueri vellent, nec vero sese ipsi accusarent..."