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Latin
Etymology
From cruor (“blood”) + -entus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
Descendants
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