torturing

* * *

ango, xi, ctum, and anxum, 3, v. a. ( perf. and sup. rest only on the assertion in Prisc. p. 895 P.; Diom. p. 366 P.; part. anctus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.; acc. to Prisc. l. c., the sup. is sometimes anxum; cf. Struve, 214) [the root of this word is widely diffused: ankos, a bend, hollow; whence, valley, ravine; from the notion of closeness, come anchô = to press tight, to strangle, throttle; ango; Germ. hangen, hängen; Engl. hang; angustus, anxius, anxietas; old Germ. Angust; Germ. Angst = Engl. anguish; from the notion of being bent, come ancus anculus, a crouching slave, ancora = Gr. ankura; angulus = Germ. Angel, Engl. angle; old Germ. Angul, a hook; Gael. ingle = nook for the fire, fireplace; ancale = ankalê, Engl. ankle; ancon, and the pr. names Ancon and Ancona; uncus, curved, crooked; ungula, claw; unguis, claw, nail; cf. Sanscr. ahus, close; ahas, anguish; ankāmi, to bend; ankas, the lap (sinus), a hook; for the other Greek words belonging to this group, v. L. and S. s. vv. ankos and anchô].

Lit., to bind, draw, or press together; of the throat, to throttle, strangle (so anchô; in this signif. antiquated; hence, in class. perh. only in the poets; in prose, instead of it, suffocare; cf. Diom. p. 361 P.):

angit inhaerens Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur,

Verg. A. 8, 260; so id. G. 3, 497:

cum colla minantia monstri Angeret,

Stat. Th. 4, 828; 6, 270; Sil. 13, 584.—Hence, of plants, to choke, Col. 4, 2, 2; 6, 27, 7 al.—

Metaph.

To cause (physical) pain; hence, angi, to feel or suffer pain, Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164. —

Most freq. of the mind, to distress, torment, torture, vex, trouble; and angi, to feel distressed, to suffer torment, etc.:

illum incommodis dictis angam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11: cura angit hominem, * Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 8; * Lucr. 4, 1134:

cruciatu timoris angi?

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

multa sunt, quae me sollicitant anguntque,

id. Att. 1, 18:

angebar singularum horarum exspectatio ne,

id. ib. 9, 1 et saep.; Liv. 2, 7; 21, 1 al.:

ne munere te parvo beet aut incommodus angat (cruciet, cum non vult dare quod poscis, Cruqu.),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 75:

ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,

id. A. P. 110:

poëta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit,

puts in torturing suspense, id. Ep. 2, 1, 211 al.:

Pompeius... curis animum mordacibus angit,

Luc. 2, 680 sq.:

Ea res animum illius anxit,

Gell. 1, 3:

(aemula eam) vehementer angebat,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 6.—With de (in respect to):

de Statio manumisso et non nullis aliis rebus angor,

Cic. Att. 2, 18 fin.:

de quo angor et crucior,

id. ib. 7, 22.—Sometimes with gen. (on this const. cf. Roby, II. §

1321): absurde facis, qui angas te animi,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:

(Sthenius) angebatur animi necessario, quod etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 34, 84. But Cic. also uses the abl.:

angor animo,

Brut. 2, 7: audio te animo angi, Fam. 16, 142; and acc. to some edd. Tusc. 1, 40, 96 Seyff. (v. further on this gen. s. v. animus).

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. —

Susceptible of torture:

animae,

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

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. —

Susceptible of torture:

animae,

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

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

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.—

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.—

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.—

Transf., instruments of torture:

cum ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163.

crŭcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [crux].

Orig., to put to death on the cross, to crucify (only in eccl. Lat.), Lact. Mort. Pers. 2, 1.—

In gen., to put to the rack, to torture, torment (freq. and class., esp. in the signif. B.).

Physically:

cum vigiliis et fame cruciaretur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

tribunos militum verberatos servilibusque omnibus suppliciis cruciatos trucidando occidit,

Liv. 29, 18, 14 Drak. N. cr.:

cum cruciabere dirae Sanguine serpentis,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

cruciataque diris Corpora tormentis,

id. ib. 3, 694 al.:

qui advehuntur quadrupedanti crucianti canterio,

i. e. torturing the rider by its uneasy motion, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 34.—

Transf. of inanimate things:

terra ferro, ligno, igni, lapide, fruge omnibus cruciatur horis,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 157; so,

aes cruciatur in primis accensumque restinguitur sale,

id. 33, 3, 20, § 65.—

Mentally.

Act.:

graviter adulescentulum,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 1; id. Eun. 2, 3, 93; Hor. S. 1, 10, 78 al.:

officii me deliberatio cruciat cruciavitque adhuc,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2:

ut ipsus sese cruciat aegritudine!

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 89:

ne crucia te, obsecro, anime mi,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 15; cf. Hor. S. 1, 2, 22:

quos major sollicitudo cruciat,

Just. 6, 3, 9:

illud me cruciat, quod, etc.,

Mart. 11, 94, 5. —So pass.:

tanto dolore cruciatus est,

Just. 12, 13, 9.—

Medial (only in Plaut. and Ter.), to afflict one's self, to grieve, be afflicted:

ut miserae matres cruciantur!

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 2; cf.:

crucior miser,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 10; with acc. and inf.:

crucior me lapidem non habere, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 68; Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6; and with acc. of neutr. pron.:

istuc crucior, a viro me tali abalienarier,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 11; id. Trin. 5, 2, 46.

excrŭcĭābĭlis, e, adj. [excrucio].

Pass., deserving of torture:

anus,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 1.—

Act., tormenting, torturing: exitium, Prud. steph. 3, 114.

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

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.—

Transf., to force out by torturing, to extort:

re excruciatā,

Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 5 fin. —

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.

mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. [cf. Gr. meros, meiromai, moros, etc.; hence, to receive one's share; cf. II. below], to deserve, merit, to be entitled to, be worthy of a thing; constr. with acc., with ut, with ne, with inf., and absol.

In gen.

With acc.:

mereri praemia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

laudem,

id. ib. 1, 40, 5; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 18, 60:

nec minimum decus,

Hor. A. P. 286:

amorem,

Quint. 6 prooem.:

favorem aut odium,

id. 4, 1, 44:

gratiam nullam,

Liv. 45, 24, 7; Quint. 4, 9, 32:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 104 fin.:

summum honorem,

Juv. 6, 532:

supplicium,

id. 6, 219.—

With ut:

respondit, sese meruisse, ut decoraretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232.—

With ne:

mereri, ne quis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 8.—

With inf.:

quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo,

Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 16:

credi,

Quint. 10, 1, 72:

sanctus haberi,

Juv. 8, 25.—

Absol.:

dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis,

if I deserve it, Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 3.—In a bad sense:

meruisse supplicium,

Ov. M. 5, 666.—

In partic.

To earn, gain, get, obtain, acquire:

quid meres? quantillo argenti te conduxit Pseudulus?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 95: iste, qui meret HS. vicenos, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 296: non amplius duodecim aeris, Cic. [p. 1136] Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

ne minus gratiae praecipiendo recta quam offensae reprendendo prava mereamur,

Quint. 4, 2, 39:

nomen patronorum,

id. 6, 4, 5:

indulgentiam, principis ingenio,

Tac. Dial. 9 fin.:

nomen gloriamque merere,

id. H. 2, 37:

famam,

id. ib. 2, 31; id. A. 15, 6:

ancillā natus diadema Quirini meruit,

Juv. 8, 260:

odium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3:

quantum quisque uno die mereret,

Suet. Calig. 40 fin.:

aera,

Hor. A. P. 345. —With ut (rare): quem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri non meream, would not give up torturing him for, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 65: neque ille sibi mereat Persarum montes... ut istuc faciat, would not do it for, etc., id. Stich. 1, 1, 24.—

To get by purchase, to buy, purchase:

uxores, quae vos dote meruerunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 124:

quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut ab eis marmorea Venus illa auferatur?

what do you think they would take? for what price would they let it be carried away? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135:

gloriam,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

legatum a creditore,

Dig. 35, 2, 21:

noxam,

Petr. 139:

quid Minyae meruere queri?

to have reason, cause, Val. Fl. 1, 519.—

In milit. lang., mereri and merere stipendia, or simply merere (lit., to earn pay), to serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, serve in the army:

mereri stipendia,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

meruit stipendia in eo bello,

id. Mur. 5, 12:

adulescens patre suo imperatore meruit,

id. ib.:

complures annos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

triennio sub Hannibale,

Liv. 21, 4 fin.:

Romanis in castris,

Tac. A. 2, 10:

in Thracia,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

merere equo,

to serve on horseback, in the cavalry, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

merere pedibus,

to serve on foot, in the infantry, Liv. 24, 18: mereri aere (al. equo) publico, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 2.—

Mereri (ante-class., merere) de aliquo, or de aliquā re, to deserve or merit any thing of one, to behave in any manner towards one, in a good or bad sense (in Plaut. also with erga):

te ego, ut digna es, perdam, atque ut de me meres,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22:

ut erga me est merita,

id. Am. 5, 1, 49:

nam de te neque re neque verbis merui, ut faceres quod facis,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 45: saepe (erga me;

sc. illam) meritam quod vellem scio,

that she has often treated me as I desired, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 37.—Esp.: bene, male, optime, etc., mereri, to deserve well, ill, etc.:

de mendico male meretur, qui ei dat, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58:

de re publicā bene mereri,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2:

de populi Romani nomine,

id. Brut. 73, 254:

melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri, quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,

id. Lael. 24, 90:

de re publica meruisse optime,

id. Att. 10, 4, 5:

perniciosius de re publicā merentur vitiosi principes,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

stet haec urbs praeclara, quoquo modo merita de me erit,

id. Mil. 34, 93:

Paulus, qui nihil meruit,

i. e. was innocent, Lact. 2, 16, 17:

ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse, ut,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

Caesarem imperatorem bene de republicā meritum,

deserving well, id. B. C. 1, 13:

optime cum de se meritum judicabat,

id. ib. 3, 99:

milites mirifice de re publicā meriti,

Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 3:

homines de me divinitus meriti,

id. Red. in Sen. 12, 30; cf.:

te ego ut digna's perdam atque ut de me meres,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22.— Hence,

mĕrens, entis, P. a., that deserves or merits any thing; in a good sense, deserving; in a bad sense, guilty; that has rendered himself deserving towards any one or of any thing; with de, rarely with dat.; esp. with bene, well-deserving (mostly poet. and post-class.):

consul laudare, increpare merentes,

Sall. J. 100:

laurea decreta merenti,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 91: quem periisse, ita de re publicā merentem, doleo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 344, 23; so Inscr. Grut. 933, 5.— With dat.:

quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19.— In sup.: HOMINI BENE MERENTISSIMO, Inscr. Rein. cl. 16, 8; Inscr. Grut. 932, 7; ib. 1129, 3.—

mĕrĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Deserving:

meriti juvenci,

Verg. G. 2, 515.— Sup.: filiae meritissimae, Inscr. Rein. cl. 5, 35. —

Pass., deserved, due, fit, just, proper, right:

ignarus, laus an poena merita esset,

Liv. 8, 7:

triumphus,

id. 39, 4, 6:

iracundiam, neque eam injustam, sed meritam ac debitam fuisse,

just, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

mors,

Verg. A 4, 696: noxia, committed, perpetrated, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1: meritis de causis, for merited, i. e. just reasons, Dig. 48, 20.— Sup.:

famā optimā et meritissimā frui,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15.—Hence,

mĕrĭtum, i, n.

That which one deserves, desert; in a good sense, reward, recompense; in a bad sense, punishment (only ante- and postclass.):

nihil suave meritum est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 75:

specta denique, quale caelesti providentia meritum reportaverit,

reward, punishment, App. M. 8, p. 214:

delictorum,

Tert. Apol. 21.—

That by which one deserves any thing of another, a merit; esp. in a good sense, a service, kindness, benefit, favor (class.):

propter eorum (militum) divinum atque immortale meritum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14:

pro singulari eorum merito,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15:

magnitudo tuorum erga me meritorum,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

et hercule merito tuo feci,

according to your merits, as you deserved, id. Att. 5, 11, 6:

pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperant,

Tac. A. 14, 53:

recordatio ingentium meritorum,

Liv. 39, 49, 11; Curt. 8, 3, 14; Suet. Ner. 3; Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2.—In Plaut. also in the sup.:

meritissimo ejus, quae volet faciemus,

on account of his great merit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 147:

merita dare et recipere,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

magna ejus sunt in me non dico officia, sed merita,

id. Fam. 11, 17, 1.—Also demerit, blame, fault:

Caesar, qui a me nullo meo merito alienus esse debebat,

without any fault of mine, id. Sest. 17, 39:

nullo meo in se merito,

although I am guilty of no offence against him, Liv. 40, 15:

leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est,

Ov. H. 5, 7:

ex cujusque merito scio me fecisse,

Liv. 26, 31, 9:

quosdam punivit, alios praemiis adfecit, neutrum ex merito,

Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.:

quod ob meritum nostrum succensuistis?

Liv. 25, 6, 4.—

Transf., worth, value, importance of a thing ( poet. and post-class.):

quo sit merito quaeque notata dies,

Ov. F. 1, 7:

negotiorum,

Cod. Just. 8, 5, 2: aedificia majoris meriti, of greater value, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 30:

loci,

Mart. 8, 65, 7:

primi saporis mella thymi sucus effundit, secundi meriti thymbra, tertii meriti rosmarinus,

Pall. 1, 37, 3.—

mĕrĭtō, adv., according to desert, deservedly, justly, often connected with jure (class.):

quamquam merito sum iratus Metello,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158:

merito ac jure laudantur,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; cf.:

te ipse jure optimo, merito incuses, licet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23:

recte ac merito commovebamur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

merito jam suspectus,

Juv. 3, 221; 10, 208. — Sup.: meritissimo te magni facio, Turp. ap. Non. 139, 17; Caecil. ib. 18:

me deridere meritissumo,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 49; Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234; S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 6; ap. Flor. 1, 9.—Post-class.: meritissime, Sol. 7, 18.—

In partic.: libens (lubens) merito, a form of expression used in paying vows; v. libens, under libet.

tortŭōsus, a, um, adj. [tortus].

Full of crooks or turns, winding, tortuous (class.).

Lit.:

est autem (alvus) multiplex et tortuosa,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

loca,

id. ib. 2, 57, 144:

serrula,

id. Clu. 64, 180:

per tortuosi amnis sinus flexusque,

Liv. 27, 47, 10:

serpens,

Vulg. Isa. 27, 1: coluber, id. Job, 26, 13.— Comp.:

quiddam tortuosius,

Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255.—

Trop., entangled, involved, complicated, confused:

tortuosum genus disputandi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 98:

visa quaedam tortuosa et obscura,

id. Div. 2, 63, 129:

ingenium,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

res anxiae et tortuosae,

Gell. 13, 11, 4.— Sup.:

quis aperit tortuosissimam istam et implicatissimam nodositatem?

Aug. Conf. 2, 10. —

Painful, torturing:

rusci radix bibitur in tortuosiore urinā,

i. e. in strangury, Plin. 21, 27, 100, § 173.—

* Adv.: tortŭōsē, crookedly, tortuously:

procedat serpens,

Tert. adv. Valent. 4, 43 fin.