cruciamentum

Latin

Etymology

cruciō (“crucify, torture”) +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kru.ki.aːˈmen.tum/, [krʊkiäːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kru.t͡ʃi.aˈmen.tum/, [krut͡ʃiäˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

cruciāmentum n (genitive cruciāmentī); second declension

1. torture, torment, pain

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cruciāmentum	cruciāmenta
Genitive	cruciāmentī	cruciāmentōrum
Dative	cruciāmentō	cruciāmentīs
Accusative	cruciāmentum	cruciāmenta
Ablative	cruciāmentō	cruciāmentīs
Vocative	cruciāmentum	cruciāmenta

Synonyms

• cruciāmen

References

• “cruciamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cruciamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cruciamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.