cruentaret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cruento, cruentare, cruentavi, cruentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stain/spot/mark with blood; cause to bleed, wound; pollute with blood-guilt;; make/dye blood-red; soak/besplatter with any liquid; tinge with red (L+S);
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...defendere volebat neque impugnare, ne manus suorum sanguine cruentaret. Namque omnem civilem victoriam funestam putabat. Idem, postquam apud..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...fore ut sequenti die luna se in aquario cruentaret factumque aliquod existeret, de quo loquerentur homines per terrarum..."