"crux" meaning in Latin

See crux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: crucēs [plural, nominative], crucēs [plural, vocative], crucĕm [singular, accusative], crucēs [plural, accusative], crucĭs [singular, genitive], cruciŭm [plural, genitive], crucī [singular, dative], crucĭbŭs [plural, dative], crucĕ [singular, ablative], crucĭbŭs [plural, ablative]
  1. Gibet, potence, croix (instrument de supplice, ordinairement réservé aux esclaves, et impensable pour un citoyen romain).
    Sense id: fr-crux-la-noun-0-vvKQjM Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  2. Torture morale, supplice, peine, tourment, fléau.
    Sense id: fr-crux-la-noun-sW-Zz08o Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  3. Croix des chrétiens.
    Sense id: fr-crux-la-noun-~~QdlLVR Categories (other): Exemples en latin, Lexique en latin de la religion Topics: religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bifurcum
Categories (other): Lemmes en latin, Lexique en latin du christianisme, Noms communs en latin, Latin Derived forms: cruciarius, crucicola, crucifer, crucifico, crucifigo, crucifixio, crucifixor, crucio, excrucio, cruciabilis, cruciabilitas, cruciabiliter, cruciamen, cruciamentum, cruciatio, cruciator, cruciatus, crucistultitia, crucius, Kreuz, cross, crux, kroaz, kroes, krows, crows, cruz, croix, croch, croes, croce, kruis, krzyż, kříž

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "crucifié, gibier de potence",
      "word": "cruciarius"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui adore la croix",
      "word": "crucicola"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui porte la croix",
      "word": "crucifer"
    },
    {
      "translation": "torturer, crucifier",
      "word": "crucifico"
    },
    {
      "translation": "torturer, crucifier",
      "word": "crucifigo"
    },
    {
      "translation": "crucifiement, mortification",
      "word": "crucifixio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "celui qui met en croix",
      "word": "crucifixor"
    },
    {
      "word": "crucio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tourmenter",
      "word": "excrucio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui torture",
      "word": "cruciabilis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tourment",
      "word": "cruciabilitas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "cruellement",
      "word": "cruciabiliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "cruciamen"
    },
    {
      "translation": "supplice, tourment",
      "word": "cruciamentum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "crucifiement, torture",
      "word": "cruciatio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "bourreau",
      "word": "cruciator"
    },
    {
      "translation": "torture, tourment",
      "word": "cruciatus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "folie de la croix",
      "word": "crucistultitia"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui met au supplice",
      "word": "crucius"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Kreuz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cross"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "crux"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "word": "kroaz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "word": "kroes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cornique",
      "lang_code": "kw",
      "word": "krows"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cornique",
      "lang_code": "kw",
      "word": "crows"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cruz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Français",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "croix"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gaélique irlandais",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "croch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gallois",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "word": "croes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "croce"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "kruis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "krzyż"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "kříž"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Apparenté à circus ou curvus, au slavon крѫгъ, krǫgŭ (« cercle »).",
    "Le lien sémantique entre le sens de « cercle, tour, tourner » et « torture, tourment » se retrouve avec torqueo (« tordre ») et ses dérivés tormentum (« tourment »), tortor (« bourreau »), tortura (« torture »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "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",
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        }
      ],
      "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)."
      ],
      "id": "fr-crux-la-noun-0-vvKQjM"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Col.",
          "text": "Summum jus summa crux.",
          "translation": "Le droit le plus rigoureux devient cruauté."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Torture morale, supplice, peine, tourment, fléau."
      ],
      "id": "fr-crux-la-noun-sW-Zz08o"
    },
    {
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Ven.-Fort.",
          "text": "Crucem facere.",
          "translation": "Faire le signe de croix."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Croix des chrétiens."
      ],
      "id": "fr-crux-la-noun-~~QdlLVR",
      "topics": [
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bifurcum"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "crux"
}
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    "Noms communs en latin",
    "latin"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "crucifié, gibier de potence",
      "word": "cruciarius"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui adore la croix",
      "word": "crucicola"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui porte la croix",
      "word": "crucifer"
    },
    {
      "translation": "torturer, crucifier",
      "word": "crucifico"
    },
    {
      "translation": "torturer, crucifier",
      "word": "crucifigo"
    },
    {
      "translation": "crucifiement, mortification",
      "word": "crucifixio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "celui qui met en croix",
      "word": "crucifixor"
    },
    {
      "word": "crucio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tourmenter",
      "word": "excrucio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui torture",
      "word": "cruciabilis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tourment",
      "word": "cruciabilitas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "cruellement",
      "word": "cruciabiliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "cruciamen"
    },
    {
      "translation": "supplice, tourment",
      "word": "cruciamentum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "crucifiement, torture",
      "word": "cruciatio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "bourreau",
      "word": "cruciator"
    },
    {
      "translation": "torture, tourment",
      "word": "cruciatus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "folie de la croix",
      "word": "crucistultitia"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui met au supplice",
      "word": "crucius"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Kreuz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cross"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "crux"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "word": "kroaz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "word": "kroes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cornique",
      "lang_code": "kw",
      "word": "krows"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cornique",
      "lang_code": "kw",
      "word": "crows"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cruz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Français",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "croix"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gaélique irlandais",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "croch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gallois",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "word": "croes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "croce"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "kruis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "krzyż"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "kříž"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Apparenté à circus ou curvus, au slavon крѫгъ, krǫgŭ (« cercle »).",
    "Le lien sémantique entre le sens de « cercle, tour, tourner » et « torture, tourment » se retrouve avec torqueo (« tordre ») et ses dérivés tormentum (« tourment »), tortor (« bourreau »), tortura (« torture »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "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"
}

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