exsanguis
Latin
Alternative forms
- esanguis
- exanguis
Etymology
From ex- (“out of, from”) + sanguis (“blood”) + -is (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsan.ɡʷis/, [ɛkˈs̠äŋɡʷɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsan.ɡwis/, [eɡˈzäŋɡwis]
Adjective
exsanguis (neuter exsangue); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Deprived of blood, without or lacking in blood; bloodless.
- Pale, wan.
- (figuratively) Powerless, feeble, weak, exhausted.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | exsanguis | exsangue | exsanguēs | exsanguia | |
| Genitive | exsanguis | exsanguium | |||
| Dative | exsanguī | exsanguibus | |||
| Accusative | exsanguem | exsangue | exsanguēs exsanguīs | exsanguia | |
| Ablative | exsanguī | exsanguibus | |||
| Vocative | exsanguis | exsangue | exsanguēs | exsanguia | |
Derived terms
- exsanguescō
- exsanguinātus
Descendants
- English: exsanguine
- French: exsangue
- Italian: esangue
References
- “exsanguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exsanguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exsanguis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis
- the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis