See crux on Wiktionary
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"form": "crucēs",
"tags": [
"plural",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "crucēs",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "crucĕm",
"tags": [
"singular",
"accusative"
]
},
{
"form": "crucēs",
"tags": [
"plural",
"accusative"
]
},
{
"form": "crucĭs",
"tags": [
"singular",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "cruciŭm",
"tags": [
"plural",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "crucī",
"tags": [
"singular",
"dative"
]
},
{
"form": "crucĭbŭs",
"tags": [
"plural",
"dative"
]
},
{
"form": "crucĕ",
"tags": [
"singular",
"ablative"
]
},
{
"form": "crucĭbŭs",
"tags": [
"plural",
"ablative"
]
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"pos_title": "Nom commun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Exemples en latin"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "Cicéron",
"text": "Tollere in crucem.",
"translation": "Mettre en croix."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Gibet, potence, croix (instrument de supplice, ordinairement réservé aux esclaves, et impensable pour un citoyen romain)."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Exemples en latin"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "Col.",
"text": "Summum jus summa crux.",
"translation": "Le droit le plus rigoureux devient cruauté."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Torture morale, supplice, peine, tourment, fléau."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Exemples en latin",
"Lexique en latin de la religion"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "Ven.-Fort.",
"text": "Crucem facere.",
"translation": "Faire le signe de croix."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Croix des chrétiens."
],
"topics": [
"religion"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bifurcum"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crux"
}
{
"categories": [
"Lemmes en néerlandais",
"Mots en néerlandais issus d’un mot en latin",
"Noms communs en néerlandais",
"néerlandais"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "cruciaal"
}
],
"etymology_texts": [
"Du latin crux."
],
"lang": "Néerlandais",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"pos_title": "Nom commun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Exemples en néerlandais"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Daar ligt de crux.",
"translation": "Voilà le hic."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Hic, nœud, point névralgique."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Nl-crux.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/Nl-crux.ogg/Nl-crux.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nl-crux.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kernprobleem"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crux"
}
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