cruciata

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kruˈki.a.ta/, [krʊˈki.a.ta]

cruciāta

1. nominative feminine singular of cruciātus
2. nominative neuter plural of cruciātus
3. accusative neuter plural of cruciātus
4. vocative feminine singular of cruciātus
5. vocative neuter plural of cruciātus

cruciātā

1. ablative feminine singular of cruciātus

cruciata f (genitive cruciatae); first declension

1. a crusade

The secondary meaning of cruciatus "marked by a cross" and "crusader; crusade" develops in the 12th to 13th centuries and is often spelled with x (i.e. cruxiatus, also cruxatus, croxatus and variants) in Middle Latin. The feminine cruxata (for cruciata) in the sense of "a crusade" is recorded in the 1280s.

First declension.

• Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch vol. 2 (1999), s.v. "cruciatus"
• Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, éd. augm., Niort : L. Favre, 1883‑1887, t. 2, col. 629a, s.v. "Cruciatæ"