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“blood” in Latin
sanguī̆sblood; descent, descendant, parentage, progeny, blood relative, flesh-and-blood, family, race; blood (consanguinity)cruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshedsaniēsichor, pus, saniessupprimōto press down or under, suppress; to detain or restrain, suppress; to sinkcohibeōto hold together, contain, confine, comprise; to keep (back), hinder, stay, stop, restrain; to hold in check, limit, repinquinōto pollute, defile, stain, befoul; to corrupt, contaminaterespergōto sprinkle or spatter over
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
blood
sanguis (PROP.; also, kindred, lineage, vigor; also, of other juices): cruor (blood from the veins, blood shed): sanies (corrupt blond). To stanch blood, sanguinem sistere, supprimere, cohibere. To imbrue or stain with blood, sanguine cruentare, inquinare, respergere; sanguine contaminare. To let blood, sanguinem mittere (e.g., alicui ex brachio). A shower of blood, inber sanguinis or sanguineus. An eruption of blood, sanguinis eruptio. To shed his blood for his country, sanguinem pro patria profundere or effundere. To shed blood (commit murder), caedem or sanguinem facere. Loss of blood, sanguinis profusio (fortuita). The victory cost them much blood, victoria illis multo sanguine stetit. He thirsts for blood, sanguinem sitit. An avenger of blood, ultor parricidii, ultor mortis alicujus. To be connected with anybody by the ties of blood, sanguine cum aliquo conjunctum esse, sanguine attingere aliquem. Of illustrious blood, genere clarus, illustris, insignis. If you stir up my blood, si mihi stomachum moveritis. His blood is up, ira incensus est, iracundia ardet, illi animus ardet. Hot blood boils in your veins, vos calidus sanguis vexat. To do a thing in cold blood, consulto et cogitatum facere aliquid. Flesh and blood (i. e., lusts), cupiditates, libidines. My flesh and blood (i. e., my children), viscera mea. One’s own flesh and blood, sanguis suus (e.g., Philippus in suum sanguinem saeviebat, Liv.).
Flesh and blood (= human weakness), humani generis imbecillitas (= natural powers), vires a natura homini insitae (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for blood?
- The usual Latin words for “blood” are sanguī̆s, cruor, saniēs; also supprimō, cohibeō, inquinō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.