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
- M
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..." - L
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..."