Crucis

Cru·cis

[kroo-sis]
noun Astronomy.
genitive of Crux.

Origin:
< Latin

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Crux

[kruhks] .
noun, noun Cru·cis [kroo-sis] . Astronomy.

Origin:
< Latin: a cross

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crux (krʌks) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl cruxes, cruces
1.  a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter)
2.  a baffling problem or difficulty
3.  mountaineering the most difficult and often decisive part of a climb or pitch
4.  a rare word for cross
 
[C18: from Latin: cross]

Crux (krʌks) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , Latin genitive Crucis
the more formal name for the Southern Cross

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crux
1814, "cross," from L. crux "cross." Figurative use for "a central difficulty," is older, from 1718; perhaps from L. crux interpretum "a point in a text that is impossible to interpret," in which the literal sense is something like "crossroads of interpreters."
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crux (krŭks, kr&oobreve;ks)
n. pl. crux·es or cru·ces (kr&oomacr;'sēz)
A cross or a crosslike structure.

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