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sanguinolentus

sanguinolentus (feminine sanguinolenta, neuter sanguinolentum)
Classical[saŋ.ɡʷɪ.nɔˈɫɛn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[saŋ.ɡʷi.noˈlɛn.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefull of blood, bloody, sanguinary
  2. adjectivebloodred
    At tamquam miniō penitus medicāta rubēbās—But you were as red as if dyed through with cinnabar― that colour truly was blood-red.16 BCE, Ovidius, Amores 1.12.11–12

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
nominativesanguinolentussanguinolentasanguinolentum
genitivesanguinolentīsanguinolentaesanguinolentī
dativesanguinolentōsanguinolentaesanguinolentō
accusativesanguinolentumsanguinolentamsanguinolentum
ablativesanguinolentōsanguinolentāsanguinolentō
vocativesanguinolentesanguinolentasanguinolentum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesanguinolentīsanguinolentaesanguinolenta
genitivesanguinolentōrumsanguinolentārumsanguinolentōrum
dativesanguinolentīssanguinolentīssanguinolentīs
accusativesanguinolentōssanguinolentāssanguinolenta
ablativesanguinolentīssanguinolentīssanguinolentīs
vocativesanguinolentīsanguinolentaesanguinolenta

sanguĭnŏlentus (collat. form san-guĭlentus, Scrib. Comp. 182), a, um, adj. sanguis
I. Lit., full of blood, bloody (class., but, like sanguineus, mostly poet.; not in Cic.): torques, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18; so, soror, Tib. 2, 6, 40: pectora, Ov. H. 3, 50: ille, id. F. 4, 844: Erinys, id. H. 6, 46: (Curetes) inter se armis Ludunt in numerumque exsultant sanguinolenti, Lucr. 2, 631; v. Lachm. ad h. l.: Allia...vulneribus Latiis, Ov. A. A. 1, 414: seditiones, Varr. ap. Non. 465, 33.—
B. Transf., bloodred: color, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 12.—
II. Trop., full of blood, bloody, sanguinary: palma, Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51: centesimae, qs. bloodsucking, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 3: littera, i. e. offensive, injurious, Ov. Ib. 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥der. Proto-Italic *sangwens Latin sanguis Latin -olentus Latin sanguinolentus From sanguis (“blood”) + -olentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Descendants
  • Englishsanguinolent
  • Frenchsanguinolent
  • Italiansanguinolento
  • Portuguesesanguinolento
  • Spanishsanguinolento

In English words that came into English from sanguinolentus

  • sanguinolentsanguinolentus

Quick answers

What does sanguinolentus mean in Latin?
sanguinolentus, a adjective, means “full of blood, bloody, sanguinary; bloodred”.
How do you pronounce sanguinolentus?
In classical Latin, [saŋ.ɡʷɪ.nɔˈɫɛn.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [saŋ.ɡʷi.noˈlɛn.tus].