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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
I thought Latin for crucified was crucifigo? torture-by-nails
And crucio was just the catch-all torture.
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It is the catch-all torture, but my Latin dictionary notes that the verb "crucio" derives from the noun "crux" (cross), so it would appear that crucifixion is at least a closely-related idea.
"crucifigo" seems to be a Late/Vulgar Latin word - it's not in my classical Latin dictionary.
"(ex)crucio" is of course the origin of the English "excruciating" (as well as the "cruciatus" curse in Harry Potter
).