sanguineus

Latin

Etymology

From sanguis (“blood”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [saŋˈɡʷɪ.ne.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [saŋˈɡʷiː.ne.us]

Adjective

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

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

Related terms

• sanguis

Descendants

• Asturian: sanguineu
• Catalan: sanguini, sanguinyol
• English: sanguine, sanguineous
• French: sanguin
• Galician: sanguiño
• Italian: sanguigno, sanguineo
• Portuguese: sanguinho, sanguíneo
• Romanian: sânger, sangvin, sanguin
• 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
• "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.