LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

cruor

cruor m (genitive cruōris)
Classical[ˈkru.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkruː.or]

Meaning

  1. masculineblood, gore
    [...] pecudumque cruōre / pingue solum [...].[The kingdom of Iarbas had 100 altars:] and with the blood [of sacrificial] beasts the soil [was] rich …. (See: Iarbas.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.201–202
  2. figurativelymasculinemurder, bloodshed

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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

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecruorcruōrēs
genitivecruōriscruōrum
dativecruōrīcruōribus
accusativecruōremcruōrēs
ablativecruōrecruōribus
vocativecruorcruōrēs

crŭor, ōris, m. cf. κρέας, κρύος, caro, crudus.
I. Blood (which flows from a wound), a stream of blood (more restricted in meaning than sanguis, which designates both that circulating in bodies and that shed by wounding): e nostro cum corpore sanguis Emicat exsultans alte spargitque cruorem, Lucr. 2, 194; Tac. A. 12, 47; and: cruor inimici recentissimus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19 (cf.: sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur, id. N. D. 2, 55, 138 al.; v. sanguis; cf., however, under II.; class.; most freq. in the poets): occisos homines, cruorem in locis pluribus vidisse, id. Tull. 10, 24: nisi cruor appareat, vim non esse factum, id. Caecin. 27, 76: res familiaris, cum ampla, tum casta a cruore civili, id. Phil. 13, 4, 8; id. Mil. 32, 86; id. Inv. 1, 30, 48; Lucr. 1, 883; Sall. C. 51, 9; Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49; Tac. A. 14, 30; id. H. 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 59; * Cat. 68, 79; Ov. M. 4, 121; 6, 253; 6, 388 et saep.; Verg. G. 4, 542; id. A. 3, 43; 5, 469 al.; Hor. C. 2, 1, 36; id. Epod. 3, 6 et saep.—In plur., Verg. A. 4, 687; Val. Fl. 4, 330; cf. the foll.—
2. Trop.: scit cruor imperii qui sit, quae viscera rerum, the vital power, Luc. 7, 579.—
B. Transf., bloodshed, murder: hinc cruor, hinc caedes, Tib. 2, 3 (38), 60; so Ov. M. 4, 161; 15, 463; Hor. S. 2, 3, 275; Luc. 9, 1022. —In plur., Hor. C. 2, 1, 5; Luc. 7, 636.—
II. Sometimes, poet., i. q. sanguis, for the blood in the body, Lucr. 2, 669; 3, 787; 5, 131; 1, 864 (for which id. 1, 860 and 867, sanguen).

Origins

From Proto-Italic *kruwōs, collective from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s. Cognates include Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas), Sanskrit क्रविस् (kravís), क्रूर (krūra), Proto-Slavic *kry, Old English hrǣw (English raw).

Descendants
  • Englishcruor
  • Frenchcruor
  • Italiancruore
  • Portuguesecruor
  • Spanishcrúor

In English words that came into English from cruor

  • cruorcruor

Quick answers

What does cruor mean in Latin?
cruor, a noun, means “blood, gore; murder, bloodshed”.
What is the genitive of cruor?
The genitive singular is cruōris. cruor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cruor?
In classical Latin, [ˈkru.ɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkruː.or].