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sanguineus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sanguis (blood) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. of blood, bloody, blood-stained, bloodshot
  2. bloodthirsty
  3. blood-coloured, blood-red
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.206–207:
      “[...] 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 [...].” – Aeneas

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sanguineus sanguinea sanguineum sanguineī sanguineae sanguinea
genitive sanguineī sanguineae sanguineī sanguineōrum sanguineārum sanguineōrum
dative sanguineō sanguineae sanguineō sanguineīs
accusative sanguineum sanguineam sanguineum sanguineōs sanguineās sanguinea
ablative sanguineō sanguineā sanguineō sanguineīs
vocative sanguinee sanguinea sanguineum sanguineī sanguineae sanguinea
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Descendants

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References

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  • 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
  • "sanguineus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sanguineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.