crŭcĭābĭlis, e, adj. [crucio],
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, Ap. Met. 10, 3, 8. —
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.