Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
crusade .
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Examples
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Nihil animum cruciat, nihil molestius inquietat, secretum virus, pestis occulta, &c. epist.
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_Tr_ V ii 65-66 'me ... cruciat _numquam sine frigore_ caelum,/glaebaque canenti _semper_ obusta gelu', _EP_ I iii 49-50 'orbis in extremi iaceo desertus harenis,/fert ubi _perpetuas_ obruta terra niues', and _EP_ II vii 72 'frigore _perpetuo_ Sarmatis ora riget'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Viden ut aegre patitur gnatum esse corruptum tuom, suom sodalem, ut ipsus sese cruciat aegritudine?
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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* [1773] Momentaneum est quod delectat, auternum quod cruciat
The Ten Commandments 1692
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* [2214] Momentaneum est quod delectat, aeternum quad cruciat
The Lord's Prayer 1692
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* [1738] Delectat in momentum, cruciat in aeternum
The Ten Commandments 1692
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Momentaneum est quod delectat, aeternum quad cruciat [The pleasure is momentary, the torture eternal].
The Lord's Prayer 1692
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Momentaneum est quod delectat, auternum quod cruciat
The Ten Commandments 1692
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Delectat in momentum, cruciat in aeternum [He gains momentary pleasure and then eternal torment].
The Ten Commandments 1692
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Idem: Crucium 9 quod cruciat unde Lucilius viuufli infuave crucium dixit.
A. Persii Flacci et Dec. Jun. Juvenalis satirae: Ad optimas editiones ... Persius, Juvenal , Sulpicia, C . Lucilius, Gaius Lucilius, Johann August Ernesti, Societas Bipontina, Johann Albert Fabricius 1785
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