sanguineus

Latin

Etymology

From sanguis (“blood”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sanˈɡʷi.ne.us/, [saŋˈɡᶣɪ.ne.ʊs]

Adjective

sanguineus (feminine sanguinea, neuter sanguineum); first/second declension

1. of blood, bloody
2. bloodthirsty
3. blood-coloured

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	sanguineus	sanguinea	sanguineum		sanguineī	sanguineae	sanguinea
genitive	sanguineī	sanguineae	sanguineī		sanguineōrum	sanguineārum	sanguineōrum
dative	sanguineō		sanguineō		sanguineīs
accusative	sanguineum	sanguineam	sanguineum		sanguineōs	sanguineās	sanguinea
ablative	sanguineō	sanguineā	sanguineō		sanguineīs
vocative	sanguinee	sanguinea	sanguineum		sanguineī	sanguineae	sanguinea

Related terms

• sanguis

Descendants

• Asturian: sanguineu
• Catalan: sanguini, sanguinyol
• English: sanguine, sanguineous
• French: sanguin

• Italian: sanguigno, sanguineo
• Portuguese: sanguinho, sanguíneo
• Romanian: sânger
• Spanish: sangüeño, sanguíneo

References

• sanguineus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sanguineus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “sanguineus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “sanguineus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)