cruente, cruentius, cruentissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
savagely, bloodthirstily; cruelly, severely (L+S);
Inflections
positive
cruente, cruentius, cruentissime
comparative
cruente
superlative
cruente
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...solacia mortisorbe iacens alio, nihil haec in membra cruente, 315nil socerum fecisse pie. sed, cuncta reuoluensuitae fata meae..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...senex, Ubi debui infans. Recipe supplicium uetus Semper cruente, saeue, crudelis, ferox, Quum occidis, et quum parcis: olim..."