I.tormenting, torturing, painful, excruciating, miserable (rare; “not in Cic.): cruciabilem me accipito,” Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 40 Ritschl: “exitu periit,” Gell. 3, 9, 7; cf. “mors,” Arn. adv. Gent. 2: “silentio fatigatus,” App. M. 10, p. 239, 20. —
II. Susceptible of torture: “animae,” Lact. 7, 20, 9.—Adv.: crŭcĭābĭlĭter , with torture, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 40 Fleck., Lorenz: interfecti, Auct. B. Afr. 46.