cruenter

Latin

Etymology

From *cruēns + -ter, a rebracketing of cruentus (“bloody, cruel”) as cruent-us.

Adverb

cruenter (comparative cruentius, superlative cruentissimē) (post-classical, hapax legomenon)

  1. cruelly, severely
    Synonym: cruentē
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.3:
      Quare magis congruit sedulo singulos atque universos vos pro dignitate publica providere ne nefarius homicida tot caedium lanienam, quam cruenter exercuit, inpune commiserit.
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References

  • “cruenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cruenter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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