cruciature
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crucio, cruciare, cruciavi, cruciatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
torment, torture; cause grief/anguish; crucify; suffer torture/agony; grieve;
voc. sg. fut. act. part.
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...missa facias omnia. quid quassas caput? CH. Cruciatur cor mi, et metuo. L. Quidnam id est? CHARM. Quom..."Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Capp. Lien enecat, renes dolent, pulmones distrahuntur, cruciatur iecur, radices cordis pereunt, hirae omnes dolent..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...proprioque supplicio deserta consumitur; rescissa orbitate vel magis cruciatur, quod non licet filio venire cupienti: 'nunc barbaro carmine..."