cruentus

== Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Italic *kruuntos, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-nt-s. Cognate with Young Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥𐬙 (xruuant); related to cruor (“blood”) and crūdus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kruˈɛn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kruˈɛn.tus] === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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.