sanguinolentus

sanguinolentus

Latin

Etymology

From sanguis (“blood”) +‎ -olentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /san.ɡʷi.noˈlen.tus/, [s̠äŋɡʷɪnɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /san.ɡwi.noˈlen.tus/, [säŋɡwinoˈlɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

sanguinolentus (feminine sanguinolenta, neuter sanguinolentum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of blood, bloody, sanguinary
2. bloodred
   • 16 BCE, Ovid, Amores 1.12.11–12:

     At tamquam miniō penitus medicāta rubēbās—
         ille color vērē sanguinolentus erat.

     But you were as red as if dyed through with cinnabar―
         that colour truly was blood-red.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sanguinolentus	sanguinolenta	sanguinolentum		sanguinolentī	sanguinolentae	sanguinolenta
Genitive	sanguinolentī	sanguinolentae	sanguinolentī		sanguinolentōrum	sanguinolentārum	sanguinolentōrum
Dative	sanguinolentō		sanguinolentō		sanguinolentīs
Accusative	sanguinolentum	sanguinolentam	sanguinolentum		sanguinolentōs	sanguinolentās	sanguinolenta
Ablative	sanguinolentō	sanguinolentā	sanguinolentō		sanguinolentīs
Vocative	sanguinolente	sanguinolenta	sanguinolentum		sanguinolentī	sanguinolentae	sanguinolenta

Descendants

• English: sanguinolent
• French: sanguinolent
• Italian: sanguinolento
• Portuguese: sanguinolento
• Spanish: sanguinolento

References

• “sanguinolentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sanguinolentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sanguinolentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sanguinolentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette