Crucis
[ kroo-sis ]
/ ˈkru sɪs /
|
noun Astronomy.
genitive of Crux.
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Origin of Crucis
From Latin
Crux
[ kruhks ]
/ krʌks /
noun, genitive Cru·cis [kroo-sis] /ˈkru sɪs/. Astronomy.
Origin of Crux
< Latin: a cross
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Examples from the Web for crucis
The brightest of these, α Crucis, is of the first magnitude.
Astronomy of To-day|Cecil G. DolmageBacon would have well understood this; it is he who invented the phrase Experimentum crucis.
The town of Crucis is a place very similar to Gorgona, but not so large.
History of the State of California|John T. FrostCernitur in ea qudarn Dominic crucis portio, (sicut spe multorum miraculorum argumento probatum est).
Crux
/ (krʌks) /
noun Latin genitive Crucis (ˈkruːsɪs)
the more formal name for the Southern Cross
crux
/ (krʌks) /
noun plural cruxes or cruces (ˈkruːsiːz)
a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter)
a baffling problem or difficulty
mountaineering the most difficult and often decisive part of a climb or pitch
a rare word for cross
Word Origin for crux
C18: from Latin: cross
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crux
1814, "cross," from Latin crux "cross" (see cross (n.)). Figurative use for "a central difficulty," is older, from 1718; perhaps from Latin crux interpretum "a point in a text that is impossible to interpret," in which the literal sense is something like "crossroads of interpreters." Extended sense of "central point" is from 1888.
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crux
[ krŭks, kruks ]
n. pl. crux•es
A cross or a crosslike structure.
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