different between axioma vs crucify

English

Etymology

From the Latin axi?ma, from the Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma): see axiom.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?ks???m?, IPA^(key): /æks????m?/

Noun

axioma (plural axiomata)

1. (now rare) An axiom.

Derived terms

• axioma generale

Catalan

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomes)

1. axiom

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin axi?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.si?o?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: axi?o?ma
• Rhymes: -o?ma?

Noun

axioma n (plural axioma's, diminutive axiomaatje n)

1. (logic, mathematics) axiom

Derived terms

• axiomatiek
• axiomatisch

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ak.si?o?.ma/, [äks?i?o?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.si?o.ma/, [?ksi???m?]

Noun

axi?ma n (genitive axi?matis); third declension

1. axiom
2. principle

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Related terms

• axiomaticus

References

• axioma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axioma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• axioma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin axi?ma.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [?a.ks?.?o.m?]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [?a.ksi.?o.ma]

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomas)

1. axiom (self-evident and necessary truth)

   Synonym: máxima

Related terms

• axiomático, axiônimo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin axi?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma, “what is thought fitting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??sjoma/, [a???sjo.ma]

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomas)

1. (philosophy) axiom (a truth based on an assumption)
2. (mathematics) axiom (a fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for theorems)

Related terms

• axiomático

Further reading

• “axioma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucefier, from Late Latin crucific?re, from Latin crucif?gere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?u?s?fa?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

crucify (third-person singular simple present crucifies, present participle crucifying, simple past and past participle crucified)

1. To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
2. To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
   • 1896 July 9, William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold speech:

     Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

   • 1992, Tori Amos, Crucify (song)

     I crucify myself and nothing I do is good enough for you.

3. (informal) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.

Derived terms

• decrucify

Related terms

• cross
• crucifix
• crucifixion
• crucifixional
• crux

Translations