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crux simplexnoun
A single beam or pole without a cross bar.
crux simplexnoun
The style of pole (simple) that common criminals were impaled on, typically including a block for the feet, thus using only one nail through the hands (below the palm), and reducing the cost of materials involved, and hastening death by asphyxia most often following the breaking of the legs.
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Crux simplex
The term crux simplex was invented by Justus Lipsius (1547–1606) to indicate a plain transom-less wooden stake used for executing either by affixing the victim to it or by impaling him with it (Simplex [...] voco, cum in uno simplicique ligno fit affixio, aut infixio). He thus distinguished two types of crux simplex: the crux simplex ad affixionem and the crux simplex ad infixionem.Lipsius contrasted the crux simplex (both variations) with the two-timber structure that he called a crux compacta (Compacta Crux est, quae manu facta, idque e duplici ligno), and that he subdivided into three types: crux decussata (X-shaped), crux commissa (T-shaped) and crux immissa (†-shaped). All these terms are of Lipsius's own invention and were not in use in ancient Roman times.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of crux simplex in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of crux simplex in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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