cruciata

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krʊ.kiˈaː.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kru.t͡ʃiˈaː.ta] === Participle === cruciāta inflection of cruciātus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Participle === cruciātā ablative feminine singular of cruciātus === Noun === cruciāta f (genitive cruciātae); first declension a crusade ==== Usage notes ==== The secondary meaning of cruciātus "marked by a cross" and "crusader; crusade" develops in the 12th to 13th centuries and is often spelled with x (i.e. cruxiatus, also cruxatus, croxatus and variants) in Middle Latin. The feminine cruxata (for cruciāta) in the sense of "a crusade" is recorded in the 1280s. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch vol. 2 (1999), s.v. "cruciatus" Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, éd. augm., Niort : L. Favre, 1883‑1887, t. 2, col. 629a, s.v. "Cruciatæ"