cruciarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From crux (“cross”) + -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krʊ.kiˈaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kru.t͡ʃiˈaː.ri.us] === Adjective === cruciārius (feminine cruciāria, neuter cruciārium); first/second-declension adjective (post-classical, rare) of or pertaining to the cross or torture ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === cruciārius m (genitive cruciāriī or cruciārī); second declension one who is crucified; a person undergoing crucifixion (derogatory) a villain, a scoundrel; a gallows bird; one who deserves to be crucified ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== crux cruciō === References === “crŭcĭārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “crŭcĭārĭus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.