Crŭcĭsălus

i, m.

crux-salio

I. a name facetiously formed in imitation of Chrysalus, i. e. a cross-dancer: facere aliquem Crucisalum ex Chrysalo, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 128.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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