cruentus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cruor (“blood”) + -entus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kruˈen.tus/, [kruˈɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kruˈen.tus/, [kruˈɛn̪t̪us]
Adjective
[edit]cruentus (feminine cruenta, neuter cruentum, adverb cruentē or cruenter); first/second-declension adjective
- bloody in its various senses, particularly:
Declension
[edit]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 | |
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[edit]References
[edit]- “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