cruciamen
Latin
Etymology
From cruciō (“crucify, torture”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krʊ.kiˈaː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kru.t͡ʃiˈaː.men]
Noun
cruciāmen n (genitive cruciāminis); third declension
- torture, torment, pain
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cruciāmen | cruciāmina |
| genitive | cruciāminis | cruciāminum |
| dative | cruciāminī | cruciāminibus |
| accusative | cruciāmen | cruciāmina |
| ablative | cruciāmine | cruciāminibus |
| vocative | cruciāmen | cruciāmina |
Synonyms
References
- “cruciamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cruciamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- cruciamen in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016