tormentor

TORMENTOR

qui cruciat excruciat aliquem.

tormentor: expr. by verb: his t.s were indefatigable, *illi autem haudquaquam cessare, quin miserum [omnibus modis] vexarent, cruciarent, aegritudine conficerent. Sometimes carnifex may serve: cf. Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 26, quantas ... mihi confecit sollicitudines meus carnifex (my t.). (Not tortor in this sense: v. TORTURER.)