cruentus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kruˈen.tus/, [kruˈɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kruˈen.tus/, [kruˈɛn̪t̪us]
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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cruentus | cruenta | cruentum | cruentī | cruentae | cruenta | |
| Genitive | cruentī | cruentae | cruentī | cruentōrum | cruentārum | cruentōrum | |
| Dative | cruentō | cruentō | cruentīs | ||||
| Accusative | cruentum | cruentam | cruentum | cruentōs | cruentās | cruenta | |
| Ablative | cruentō | cruentā | cruentō | cruentīs | |||
| Vocative | cruente | cruenta | cruentum | cruentī | cruentae | cruenta | |
Derived terms
References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox
- a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox
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