cruentus

Latin

Etymology

From cruor (“blood”) +‎ -entus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kruˈen.tus/, [kruˈɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kruˈen.tus/, [kruˈɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

cruentus (feminine cruenta, neuter cruentum, adverb cruentē or cruenter); first/second-declension adjective

1. bloody in its various senses, particularly:
   1. blood-stained
   2. (figuratively) blood-soaked, bloodstained; blood-thirsty, cruel
   3. blood-red, crimson

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cruentus	cruenta	cruentum		cruentī	cruentae	cruenta
Genitive	cruentī	cruentae	cruentī		cruentōrum	cruentārum	cruentōrum
Dative	cruentō		cruentō		cruentīs
Accusative	cruentum	cruentam	cruentum		cruentōs	cruentās	cruenta
Ablative	cruentō	cruentā	cruentō		cruentīs
Vocative	cruente	cruenta	cruentum		cruentī	cruentae	cruenta

Related terms

• cruenter
• cruentātiō
• cruentē
• cruentō
• cruor

 

Descendants

• Italian: cruento
• Portuguese: cruento
• Romanian: crunt
• Spanish: cruento

References

• “cruentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cruentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cruentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox