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  • 1 cruciamentum

    torture, torment

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  • 2 cruciatus

    torture, torment

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  • 3 cruciātus

        cruciātus m    [crucio], torture, torment, a torturing, execution: in cruciatum abripi, T.: in eos cruciatūs edere, Cs.: in dolore cruciatuque moriens: animi cruciatūs et corporis.— Plur, instruments of torture: laminae ceterique cruciatūs.
    * * *
    torture/cruelty; torture form/apparatus; suffering, severe physical/mental pain

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  • 4 tormentum

        tormentum ī, n    [TARC-], an engine for hurling: tormentis Mutinam verberavit: tormenta, arma, omnis apparatus belli, L.: telum tormento missum, Cs.— A twisted cord, sling: praesectis mulierum crinibus tormenta effecerunt, Cs.— A missile, shot: quod genus tegumenti nullo telo neque tormento transici posse, Cs.: tormenta e navibus procul excussa, Cu.— An instrument of torture, rack: verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habere.—Fig., torture, anguish, pain, torment: iracundiae tormenta: Invidiā Siculi non invenere tyranni Maius tormentum, H.: animi tormenta latentis in aegro Corpore, Iu.: Tu lene tormentum ingenio admoves, gentle compulsion, H.
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    windlass; instrument for twisting/winding; engine for hurling stones; missle; rack; any torture device; tension, pressure; torture, torment

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  • 5 excarnifico

    I
    excarnificare, -, excarnificatus V
    hack to pieces; torture
    II
    excarnificare, excarnificavi, excarnificatus V TRANS
    torture; punish with torture; torture mentally

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  • 6 cruciō

        cruciō āvī, ātus, āre    [crux], to put to the rack, torture, torment: fame cruciari: tribunos cruciando occidit, L.: cum cruciabere Sanguine serpentis, O.—Fig., to afflict, grieve, torment: graviter adulescentulum, T.: se: crucior miser, am on the rack, T.: crucior bolum mihi ereptum, T.
    * * *
    cruciare, cruciavi, cruciatus V
    torment, torture; cause grief/anguish; crucify; suffer torture/agony; grieve

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  • 7 torqueō

        torqueō (old inf. torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre    [TARC-], to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind: cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl, O.: stamina pollice, spin, O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend, V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him, V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished, V. — To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl: hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss, Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: quae (festinationes) cum fiant... ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture: eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct: suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture: te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines, Iu.— To ply, put to the test: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling: curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.
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    torquere, torsi, tortus V
    turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round)

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  • 8 tormentum

    tormentum, i, n. [torqueo, an instrument with which any thing is turned or twisted].
    I.
    An engine for hurling missiles.
    A.
    Lit.:

    tormenta telorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

    tormentis Mutinam verberavit,

    id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 4, 25; id. B. C. 1, 17; Hirt. B. G. 8, 14, 5:

    machinator bellicorum tormentorum,

    Liv. 24, 34, 2; Sil. 6, 279; Tac. A. 2, 81; id. H. 3, 20; 4, 23; Curt. 4, 3, 13.—
    B.
    Transf., a missile, shot thrown by the engine:

    quod unum genus tegumenti nullo telo neque tormento transici posse,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9;

    telum tormentumve missum,

    id. ib. 3, 51; 3, 56; Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85; Stat. Th. 9, 145; Curt. 4, 2, 9.—
    II.
    A (twisted) cord, rope: praesectis [p. 1879] crinibus tormenta effecerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

    falces tormentis introrsus reducebant,

    id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

    laxare,

    Quint. Decl. 19, 15; Grat. Cyn. 26; Auct. Priap. 6:

    stuppeum,

    App. Mag. p. 276, 14:

    ferreum,

    i. e. fetters, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    sine tormentorum injuriā,

    Petr. 102.—
    III. A.
    Lit.:

    verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; 11, 4, 8; 13, 9, 21:

    quaerere de aliquo tormentis,

    id. Deiot. 1, 3; id. Clu. 63, 176 sq.; id. Mil. 21, 57; 22, 58; id. Sull. 28, 78; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Part. Or. 14, 50; id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80; Caes. B. G. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 20, 10; 3, 5, 10; Suet. Tib. 19; 58; 62 al.:

    tu lene tormentum ingenio admoves,

    a rack of a mild sort, Hor. C. 3, 21, 13.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., torture, anguish, pain, torment, etc.:

    cruciatus et tormenta pati,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 6; cf.:

    tormento liberari,

    Col. 6, 7, 1; so of the torture or pain of sickness, Cels. 7, 11; Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155; 20, 4, 13, § 27; 22, 22, 37, § 79:

    tormenta fortunae,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 1: caecae suspitionis, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    invidiā Siculi non invenere tyranni Majus tormentum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 59; Juv. 2, 137:

    esse in tormentis,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 9:

    incredibiles cruciatus et indignissima tormenta pati,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 6:

    tormentum sibi injungere,

    id. Pan. 86, 1:

    bene tormentis secubituque coli,

    Ov. Am. 3, 10, 16; so of the pain of love, Mart. 7, 29, 1:

    tormentis gaudet amantis,

    Juv. 6, 209:

    animi tormenta latentis in aegro Corpore,

    id. 9, 18.—
    IV.
    A clothes-press, mangle, Sen. Tranq. 1, 3.

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  • 9 torqueo

    torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cervices oculosque,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

    oculum,

    to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora,

    to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

    ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

    oculos ad moenia,

    Verg. A. 4, 220:

    ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

    id. ib. 3, 669:

    serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

    Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

    anguis,

    Verg. G. 3, 38:

    capillos ferro,

    i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

    stamina pollice,

    id. M. 12, 475:

    remis aquas,

    id. F. 5, 644:

    spumas,

    Verg. A. 3, 208:

    taxos in arcus,

    to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

    tegumen torquens immane leonis,

    winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

    cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    torta circum bracchia vestis,

    Tac. H. 5, 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

    torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

    Verg. A. 6, 551:

    stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

    id. G. 1, 309:

    jaculum in hostem,

    id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

    for which: hastam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 3, 193:

    telum aurata ad tempora,

    Verg. A. 12, 536:

    tela manu,

    Ov. M. 12, 99:

    valido pila lacerto,

    id. F. 2, 11:

    glebas, ramos,

    id. M. 11, 30:

    cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

    Verg. A. 4, 208;

    and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

    id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

    Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

    Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

    torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—
    2.
    To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

    negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

    Verg. G. 2, 247.—
    3.
    To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

    ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

    eculeo torqueri,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

    aliquem servilem in modum,

    Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

    ira torquentium,

    Tac. A. 15, 57:

    servum in caput domini,

    against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    id. Or. 16, 52:

    omnia ad suae causae commodum,

    id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

    verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

    wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

    sonum,

    to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

    cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

    Verg. A. 12, 180:

    versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

    Tac. H. 1, 85.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

    ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

    id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

    equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

    verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

    stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

    id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

    sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

    Aeacus torquet umbras,

    holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

    vino tortus et irā,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—
    C.
    To hurl, fling (of language):

    curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

    Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    via (labyrinthi),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

    quercus,

    i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    condiciones,

    confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

    torte penitusque remota,

    Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

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  • 10 cruciāmentum

        cruciāmentum ī, n    [crucio], torture, torment: carnificum.
    * * *
    torture, torment; pain

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  • 11 cruciātus

        cruciātus    P. of crucio.
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    torture/cruelty; torture form/apparatus; suffering, severe physical/mental pain

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  • 12 crux

        crux ucis, f    [CVR-], a gallows, frame, tree (on which criminals were impaled or hanged), C.— A cross: (mereri) crucem, T.: cruci suffixi: in crucem acti, S.: Non pasces in cruce corvos, H.: pretium sceleris, Iu.—Torture, trouble, misery, destruction: quaerere in malo crucem, T.—Colloq.: i in malam crucem! go and be hanged, T.
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    cross; hanging tree; impaling stake; crucifixion; torture/torment/trouble/misery

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  • 13 quaestiō

        quaestiō ōnis, f    [QVAES-], a questioning, examination, inquiry, investigation: exploratā re quaestione captivorum, Cs.: rem in disceptationem quaestionemque vocare, to investigate: res in quaestione versatur, is under investigation: de moribus ultima fiet quaestio, Iu.— A judicial investigation, examination by torture, criminal inquiry, inquisition: cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset, conducted a trial for assassination: mortis paternae de servis paternis quaestionem habere: quaestionem in eum ferre, demand his prosecution: placuit quaestionem ex his haberi, L.: instituta de morte: ad quaestionem abripi, to the torture: illum in quaestionem postulavit: quaestiones severius exercere, L.: quaestioni praeesse, to sit as judge: tabellae quaestionis, records of testimony at an examination: quaestiones perpetuae, standing commissions of criminal investigation: iudex quaestionis (i. e. quaesitor): quaestiones extraordinariae, investigations by special commission, L.: dimittere eo tempore quaestionem, i. e. the court.—A question, subject of investigation, matter, case, cause, dispute, difficulty, inquiry: quae (sententia) viri simillima, magna quaestio est: perdifficilis de naturā deorum: de moribus ultima fiet Quaestio, Iu.: beatos efficiat (sapientia) necne quaestio est, may be disputed.—The record of a judicial inquiry, minutes of evidence: hanc fictam quaestionem conscripisse.
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    questioning, inquiry; investigation

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  • 14 cruciarius

    I
    crucified person; one deserving crucifixion/fit for the gallows, gallows-bird
    II
    cruciaria, cruciarium ADJ
    of/pertaining to the cross/torture; full of torture (L+S)

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  • 15 confessio

    confessĭo, ōnis, f. [confiteor], a confession, acknowledgment.
    I.
    In gen. (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.), with gen. obj.:

    errati sui,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

    ignorationis,

    id. Ac. 1, 12, 44; cf.:

    inscitiae suae,

    Quint. 2, 11, 2:

    captae pecuniae,

    Cic. Clu. 53, 148:

    culpae,

    Liv. 21, 18, 5; 36, 27, 6:

    paenitentiae,

    Quint. 11, 1, 76:

    vitiorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 33:

    facinoris,

    Suet. Tib. 19. —In plur.:

    cum ad vos indicia, litteras, confessiohes communis exitii detuli,

    Cic. Sest. 69, 145.—With acc. and inf.:

    ea erat confessio caput rerum Romam esse,

    Liv. 1, 45, 3; so id. 2, 7, 7; 42, 47, 8 al.—With pron. pers.:

    sua,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104; 2, 5, 64, § 166;

    Liv 28, 40, 11: confessionibus suis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 15.—With gen. subj.:

    illorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 103:

    inimicorum,

    id. Red. Quir. 1, 1:

    omnium,

    Vell. 2, 43:

    illa Ciceronis,

    Quint. 11, 1, 44:

    adversarii,

    id. 4, 4, 4; cf.

    ipsorum,

    Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18 al.: extera corporum indubitatas confessiones habent, i. e. proofs of the healing power (of assafœtida), id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—With de and abl.: immo si actionem stultissimasque de se, nefarias de patre confessiones audisses? Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2:

    ipsorum de somno piscium confessio,

    Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—With abstr. subjects: ea confessionem faciunt, non defensionem, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 15.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    As a fig. of speech, Quint. 9, 2, 17; 12, 1, 33.—
    B.
    In eccl. Lat.
    1.
    A creed, avowal of belief:

    fidei, Greg. M. Ep. 7, 5: nostra,

    Vulg. Heb. 3, 1.—
    2. (α).
    In gen., Vulg. Rom. 10, 10.—
    (β).
    Esp., an acknowledgment of Christ under torture; and hence, transf., torture, suffering for religion's sake, Lact. Mort. Pers. 1 init.

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  • 16 cruciabilis

    crŭcĭābĭlis, e, adj. [crucio], tormenting, torturing, painful, excruciating, miserable (rare;

    not in Cic.): cruciabilem me accipito,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 40 Ritschl:

    exitu periit,

    Gell. 3, 9, 7; cf.

    mors,

    Arn. adv. Gent. 2:

    silentio fatigatus,

    App. M. 10, p. 239, 20. —
    II.
    Susceptible of torture:

    animae,

    Lact. 7, 20, 9.— Adv.: crŭcĭābĭlĭter, with torture, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 40 Fleck., Lorenz: interfecti, Auct. B. Afr. 46.

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  • 17 cruciabiliter

    crŭcĭābĭlis, e, adj. [crucio], tormenting, torturing, painful, excruciating, miserable (rare;

    not in Cic.): cruciabilem me accipito,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 40 Ritschl:

    exitu periit,

    Gell. 3, 9, 7; cf.

    mors,

    Arn. adv. Gent. 2:

    silentio fatigatus,

    App. M. 10, p. 239, 20. —
    II.
    Susceptible of torture:

    animae,

    Lact. 7, 20, 9.— Adv.: crŭcĭābĭlĭter, with torture, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 40 Fleck., Lorenz: interfecti, Auct. B. Afr. 46.

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  • 18 cruciarius

    crŭcĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [crux], of or pertaining to the cross, or, in gen., to torture.
    I.
    Adj.:

    exitus,

    full of torture, Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 2 dub. (al. cruciatorios):

    poenae,

    Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—
    II.
    Subst., one who is crucified, Petr. 112; Sen. Contr. 3, 21.—Hence,
    B.
    As a term of reproach, one fit for the gallows, a gallows-bird, App. M. 10, p. 242:

    longum est quae cruciarius ille conflavit,

    Amm. 29, 2, 9.

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  • 19 cruciatus

    crŭcĭātus, ūs, m., torture, torment, a torturing, execution, etc. (often syn. with supplicium; freq. and class. in sing. and plur.).
    I.
    Lit., of the body:

    dedisti hodie in cruciatum Chrusalum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 36; id. Ep. 5, 1, 5; id. Ps. 3, 1, 12; Ter. And. 4, 4, 47; id. Hec. 5, 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9; 2, 5, 63, § 163; id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; Sall. C. 51, 15; id. J. 24, 10; Liv. 29, 18, 14 Drak. N. cr.; Quint. 5, 4, 2; Ov. M. 9, 179 et saep.:

    cruciatu malo dignus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 132; id. Rud. 2, 6, 11.—
    2.
    Of the mind:

    animi,

    Cic. Div. 2, 9, 23; cf.:

    omnes animi cruciatus et corporis,

    id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

    confectus jam cruciatu summorum dolorum,

    id. Att. 11, 11, 1; Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In gen., ruin, calamity, misfortune (esp. in curses, etc.):

    maximum in malum cruciatumque insiliamus,

    into utter ruin, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

    cum cruciatu tuo istaec hodie verba funditas,

    i. e. to thy ruin, misfortune, id. Am. 4, 2, 13; 2, 2, 161; id. Capt. 3, 5, 23:

    abi in malum cruciatum,

    go to the gallows, go hang, id. Aul. 3, 3, 11; id. Pers. 4, 4, 25; cf. crux, II.—
    II.
    Transf., instruments of torture:

    cum ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163.

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  • 20 excrucio

    ex-crŭcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. praes. excruciarier, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 4), v. a., to torment greatly, to torture, rack, plague (class.).
    I.
    Physically:

    perii! excruciabit me herus,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 45:

    servos fame vinculisque,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 9; cf.:

    (uxores) igni atque omnibus tormentis excruciatae,

    id. ib. 6, 19, 3:

    aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciatum necare,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp 5, 11; cf.

    also: hominem ingenuum fumo excruciatum semivivum reliquit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45:

    excruciatus inopiā, Plaut Bacch. 3, 4, 24: ipsos crudeliter excruciatos interficit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 9:

    frigus nudos excruciabat,

    Lucr. 5, 1426 et saep.—Comic. Ep. Hunc tibi dedo diem. St. Meam culpam habeto, nisi probe excruciavero, qs. thoroughly torture it, i. e. use it up, make the most of it, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 32.—
    B.
    Transf., to force out by torturing, to extort:

    re excruciatā,

    Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 5 fin. —
    II.
    Mentally, to afflict, distress, harass, vex, torment: conficior maerore, mea Terentia;

    nec meae me miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 1; cf.:

    non loquor plura, ne te quoque excruciem,

    id. Att. 10, 18, 3:

    haec sunt, quae me excruciant,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 9.—In imprecations:

    di deaeque te excrucient,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 50:

    temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant et semper sollicitant,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

    se,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 14:

    quid illam miseram animi excrucias?

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 76; cf.:

    se animi,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 68:

    tum Antipho me excruciat animi,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 10; v. also in the foll.—In the pass.:

    excrucior,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 61; id. Trin. 1, 2, 66:

    id ego excrucior,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

    hoc sese excruciat animi, Quia, etc.,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 57.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excrucio

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