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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cruciarius

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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

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CRUCIA'RIUS. A criminal executed upon the cross (crux) by hanging (Pet. Sat. 112. 5. cruciarii parentes detraxerunt pendentem); hence, a worthless fellow, like our gallows-bird. Apul. Met. x. p. 215.

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