LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

cruentus

cruentus (feminine cruenta, neuter cruentum, adverb cruentē or cruenter)
Classical[kruˈɛn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[kruˈɛn.tus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectiveblood-stained
  2. adjectivefigurativelyblood-soaked, bloodstained; blood-thirsty, cruel
  3. adjectiveblood-red, crimson

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

sanguine tēctus; gladius post pugnam cruentus est.
cruentus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Sanguis · Cruor · Sanguineus · Sanguinolentus · Cruentus

1. Sanguis denotes the blood circulating in the body, living and supporting life, like αἷμα; cruor (κρύος) the blood gushing from the body, like βρότος. Cic. N. D. ii. 55. Sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur: comp. with Rosc. Am. 7, 19. Ut cruorem inimici quam recentissimum ostenderet. Tac. Ann. xii. 46. Mox ubi sanguis artus extremos suffuderit, levi ictu cruorem eliciunt atque invicem lambunt. Sanguis is the condition of physical life; cruor, the symbol of death by slaughter. 2. Sanguineus means, consisting of blood, sanguinolentus, smelling after blood, or blood-thirsty; cruentus, red with blood. (iv. 258.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecruentuscruentacruentum
genitivecruentīcruentaecruentī
dativecruentōcruentaecruentō
accusativecruentumcruentamcruentum
ablativecruentōcruentācruentō
vocativecruentecruentacruentum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecruentīcruentaecruenta
genitivecruentōrumcruentārumcruentōrum
dativecruentīscruentīscruentīs
accusativecruentōscruentāscruenta
ablativecruentīscruentīscruentīs
vocativecruentīcruentaecruenta

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

proelium cruentum, atrox
a bloody battle.

crŭentus, a, um, adj. cruor,
I. spotted, covered, or stained with blood, bloody.
I. Prop. (freq. and class.): cruentus sanguine civium Romanorum, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 4; cf.: sanguine fraterno, Hor. S. 2, 5, 15: caede filii, Just. 38, 8, 4: cadaver Clodii, Cic. Mil. 13, 33: vehiculum, Liv. 1, 48, 8: gladius, Quint. 4, 2, 13; 6, 1, 30: praetexta C. Caesaris, id. ib. § 31: vestis, id. 5, 9, 1: busta, Prop. 2, 13 (3, 5), 38: sputa, id. 4 (5), 5, 68 et saep.: victoria, Sall. C. 58, 21: pax, Tac. A. 1, 10: iter, id. H. 1, 6: epistulae, id. A. 3, 44: aspectu Oceanus, id. ib. 14, 32 et saep.: gaudens Bellona cruentis, in shedding blood, Hor. S. 2, 3, 223.—Comp.: vomica, Cels. 2, 8. —
II. Transf.
A. Delighting in blood, blood-thirsty, cruel (poet.): Mars, Hor. C. 2, 14, 13: hostis, id. ib. 1, 2, 39; Sen. Cons. Marc. 20, 3: ille (Achilles) ferox belloque cruentior ipso, Ov. M. 12, 592.—
b. Of abstract subjects, bloody, cruel: ira, Hor. C. 3, 2, 11: bella, Just. 29, 3, 3.—Comp.: bellum, Vell. 2, 71, 2.—Sup.: ille cruentissimus Romano nomine dies, Vell. 2, 52, 2.—
B. Spotted or stained with blood, polluted: insigne summi capitis, * Lucr. 5, 1137.—
C. Bloodred, red: myrta, the red myrtle-berry, Verg. G. 1, 306.—Advv.
a. crŭentē (post-Aug.), cruelly, severely, Just. 39, 3, 8; 23, 2, 7.— Comp., Sen. Ben. 5, 16, 5; Vop. Aur. 21.— Sup., Oros. 1, 17.—*
b. crŭenter, the same, App. M. 3, p. 73.

Origins

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kruuntos, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-nt-s. Cognate with Young Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥𐬙 (xruuant); related to cruor (“blood”) and crūdus.

Descendants
  • Italiancruento
  • Portuguesecruento
  • Romaniancrunt
  • Spanishcruento

In English words that came into English from cruentus

  • incruentalincruentus

Quick answers

What does cruentus mean in Latin?
cruentus, a adjective, means “blood-stained; blood-soaked, bloodstained; blood-thirsty, cruel”.
How do you pronounce cruentus?
In classical Latin, [kruˈɛn.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kruˈɛn.tus].