cruente
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cruentus, cruenta -um, cruentior -or -us, cruentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bloody/bleeding/discharging blood; gory; blood red; polluted w/blood-guilt;; bloodthirsty, insatiably cruel, savage; accompanied by/involving bloodshed;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →cruente, cruentius, cruentissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
savagely, bloodthirstily; cruelly, severely (L+S);
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..."
