crŭcĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [crux], of or pertaining to the cross, or, in gen., to torture.
I Adj. : exitus, full of torture , Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 2 dub. (al. cruciatorios): poenae, Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—
II Subst., one who is crucified , Petr. 112; Sen. Contr. 3, 21.—Hence,
B As a term of reproach, one fit for the gallows, a gallows-bird , Ap. Met. 10, 7, 21; longum est quae cruciarius ille conflavit, Amm. 29, 2, 9.