Crux
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See also: crux
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin crux (“a cross”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹʌks/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophone: crux
Proper noun
[edit]Crux
- (astronomy) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
- Synonym: Southern Cross
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]constellation — see Southern Cross
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin crux.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Crux f (genitive Crux, no plural)
- crux desperationis, an unreadable part in a writing
- 1913, Theodor Nöldeke, “Anzeigen: Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Hg. von der Generalverwaltung der Kgl. Museen zu Berlin. Bd. IV. Sabaische, griechische, und altabessinische Inschriften. Von Enno Littmann. Mit 6 Tafeln, 1 Karte und 109 Textabbildungen. Berlin 1913. (94 S. Folio.) M. 17.—.”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1], volume 67, page 704:
- Aber die folgenden Worte passen kaum dazu. So bleibt auch diese crux bestehen.
- But the following words hardly fit thereunto. Thus this crux bides, too.
- trouble, difficulty, crux
- Synonyms: Knackpunkt, Schwierigkeit
- Das ist die Crux an dieser Sache.
- That is the crux of this matter.
- grief
Usage notes
[edit]Duden recommends the spelling Krux.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Crux [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Crux” in Duden online
- Crux on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Crux f
- (astronomy) Southern Cross (constellation)
- Synonym: Cruzeiro do Sul
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Crux f
- (astronomy) Southern Cross (constellation)
- Synonym: Cruz del Sur
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