English → Latin
“crucify” in Latin
suffīgōto fasten or fix ontotollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annulminitorto threaten
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crucify
cruci aliquem affigere or suffigere; in cruce aliquem suffigere; aliquem in crucem agere or tollere (Cic., uses cruce afficere, but only in connection with other ablatives, morte, cruciatu, cruce afficere, 2 Verr., 1, 4, 9): supplicio servili animadvertere in aliquem (general term). To be crucified, in crucem agi: pendere in cruce (to hang on the cross). to threaten to crucify anybody, crucem alicui minari or minitari (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crucify?
- The usual Latin words for “crucify” are suffīgō, tollō, minitor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.