crŭcĭābĭlis

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.