Patibulum

This reminded Brother Modestino that he had once read about a devotion to the shoulder wound of Jesus, caused by his bearing of the heavy cross beam, the patibulum, to Calvary. ❋ Esther (2009)

Great e malefactors were nailed and tied to the patibulum or cross-piece without any sup pedaneum or foot-rest and left to suffer tortures from flies and sun, thirst and hunger. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Altera patibulum sero praeteriens, metuebat ne urbe exclusa illic pernoctaret, unde melancholica facta, per multos annos laboravit. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Jesus likely wore it around his neck as he was led away, carrying the patibulum or crossbeam, to the place of execution. ❋ James D. Tabor (2006)

In that manner the arms were securely attached to the patibulum. ❋ James D. Tabor (2006)

They left the _furca_ and the _patibulum_, the axe and the rods, to great offenders: for these minor and (if I may so term them) extra-moral offences _the bent thumb_ was considered as a sufficient sign of disapprobation, -- _vertere pollicem_; as _the pressed thumb, premere pollicem_, was a mark of approving. ❋ Various (N/A)

To give a proof of his piety, he wrote the "De Cruce" (1593), in which confusion between patibulum and crux often make the conclusions debatable. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The young man is tied to a stake, which is surmounted by a cross-beam, like a [Symbol: T], the true shape of the _patibulum cruciforme_. ❋ Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1888)

It was he, as it will be remembered, who habitually fell asleep at that horrible council board, and could only start from his naps to-shout "ad patibulum," while the other murderers had found their work less narcotic. ❋ John Lothrop Motley (1845)

Such was the end of the famous councillor who had been wont to shout "ad patibulum" in his sleep. ❋ John Lothrop Motley (1845)

"Ad patibulum, ad patibulum," ( "to the gallows with him, to the gallows with him,") with great fervor, but in entire ignorance of the culprit's name or the merits of the case. ❋ John Lothrop Motley (1845)