LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

sanguineus

sanguineus (feminine sanguinea, neuter sanguineum)
Classical[saŋˈɡʷɪ.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[saŋˈɡʷiː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof blood, bloody, blood-stained, bloodshot
  2. adjectivebloodthirsty
  3. adjectiveblood-coloured, blood-red
    “[...] pectora quōrum inter flūctūs arrēcta iubaeque sanguineae superant undās [...].” “[Sea serpents, with] their chests erect among the waves, and their blood-red crests rising over the waters ….” – Aeneas29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.206–207

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
nominativesanguineussanguineasanguineum
genitivesanguineīsanguineaesanguineī
dativesanguineōsanguineaesanguineō
accusativesanguineumsanguineamsanguineum
ablativesanguineōsanguineāsanguineō
vocativesanguineesanguineasanguineum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesanguineīsanguineaesanguinea
genitivesanguineōrumsanguineārumsanguineōrum
dativesanguineīssanguineīssanguineīs
accusativesanguineōssanguineāssanguinea
ablativesanguineīssanguineīssanguineīs
vocativesanguineīsanguineaesanguinea

sanguĭnĕus, a, um, adj. sanguis.
I. Lit., of blood, consisting of blood, bloody, blood- (class.; a favorite word of the Aug. poets): imber, * Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60: guttae, Ov. M. 2, 360; 14, 408: dapes, Tib. 1, 5, 49: manus, Ov. M. 1, 143: lingua, id. ib. 3, 57: humus, id. H. 16, 334; cf. mater, id. M. 3, 125: hasta, Stat. Th. 8, 436: pulmo, Sen. Agam. 760; Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188: caedes, Ov. M. 13, 85: rixae, Hor. C. 1, 27, 4: bellum, Val. Fl. 5, 308; 6, 134: crines, Stat. Th. 10, 173: leo, Val. Fl. 3, 588.—
B. Blood-thirsty: vir, i. e. Hannibal, Sil. 1, 40: Mavors, Verg. A. 12, 332: Mars, Ov. R. Am. 153.—
II. Transf., blood-colored, blood-red (poet. and in postAug. prose): jubae (anguium), Verg. A. 2, 207: cometae, id. ib. 10, 273: mora, id. E. 6, 22: Luna, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 23: sagulum, Sil. 4, 519: color vini, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80: sucus, id. 21, 16, 56, § 95: frutices, id. 16, 18, 30, § 74: virgae, Dig. 49, 9, 9: cristae, Col. 8, 2, 9: flores, id. 10, 242.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥der. Proto-Italic *sangwens Latin sanguī̆s Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin sanguineus From sanguī̆s (“blood”) + -eus.

Elsewhere
  • Portuguesesanguinhofrom Asturian Sangreñu
  • Spanishsangüeñofrom Asturian Sangreñu
  • Catalansanguinyolfrom Vulgar Latin *sanguineolus
  • Catalansanguini
  • Englishsanguineous
  • Italiansanguineo
  • Frenchsanguinfrom Old French sanguin
  • Englishsanguinefrom Old French sanguin
  • Portuguesesanguíneo
  • Romaniansangvin
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniansânger
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansanguigno
  • Neapolitansanguegno
Ibero-Romance
  • Asturiansangüeñu

In English words that came into English from sanguineus

  • sanguinesanguineus
  • consanguineouscōnsanguineus
  • consanguinitycōnsanguinitās
  • sanguineoussanguineus

Quick answers

What does sanguineus mean in Latin?
sanguineus, a adjective, means “of blood, bloody, blood-stained, bloodshot; bloodthirsty; blood-coloured, blood-red”.
How do you pronounce sanguineus?
In classical Latin, [saŋˈɡʷɪ.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [saŋˈɡʷiː.ne.us].
Which English words come from sanguineus?
English words that go back to Latin sanguineus include sanguine, sanguineous, consanguineous and consanguinity.