cruentus
Latin
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *kruuntos, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-nt-s.[1] Cognate with Young Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥𐬙 (xruuant); related to cruor (“blood”) and crūdus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kruˈɛn.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kruˈɛn.tus]
Adjective
cruentus (feminine cruenta, neuter cruentum, adverb cruentē or cruenter); first/second-declension adjective
- bloody in its various senses, particularly:
- blood-stained
- (figuratively) blood-soaked, bloodstained; blood-thirsty, cruel
- blood-red, crimson
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cruentus | cruenta | cruentum | cruentī | cruentae | cruenta | |
| genitive | cruentī | cruentae | cruentī | cruentōrum | cruentārum | cruentōrum | |
| dative | cruentō | cruentae | cruentō | cruentīs | |||
| accusative | cruentum | cruentam | cruentum | cruentōs | cruentās | cruenta | |
| ablative | cruentō | cruentā | cruentō | cruentīs | |||
| vocative | cruente | cruenta | cruentum | cruentī | cruentae | cruenta | |
Derived terms
- cruentē
- cruentō
- -entus (uncertain)
- incruentus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cruentus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
Further reading
- “cruentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cruentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cruentus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox
- a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox