cruentus

Latin

Etymology

From cruor (“blood”) +‎ -entus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kruˈen.tus/, [krʊˈɛn.tʊs]

Adjective

cruentus (feminine cruenta, neuter cruentum); first/second declension

  1. bloody in its various senses, particularly:
    1. blood-stained
    2. (figuratively) blood-soaked, blood-thirsty, cruel
    3. blood-red, crimson

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative cruentus cruenta cruentum cruentī cruentae cruenta
genitive cruentī cruentae cruentī cruentōrum cruentārum cruentōrum
dative cruentō cruentō cruentīs
accusative cruentum cruentam cruentum cruentōs cruentās cruenta
ablative cruentō cruentā cruentō cruentīs
vocative cruente cruenta cruentum cruentī cruentae cruenta

Descendants

References

  • cruentus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cruentus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cruentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox
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