sanguinarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sanguĭnārĭus, a, um (also late Lat. sanguĭnāris, e, Vulg. Ecclus. 42, 5), adj. [sanguis], of or belonging to blood, blood-,

I Lit.: herba, an herb that stanches blood , the Gr. πολύγονον, Col. 7, 5, 19; also called sanguinaria alone, Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113, and sanguinalis herba, Col. 6, 12 fin. ; Cels. 2, 33; 3, 22 fin. : latus sanguinare, covered with blood , Vulg. Ecclus. 42, 5.—

II Trop., blood-thirsty , bloody , sanguinary (rare but class.): juventus, Cic. Att. 2, 7, 3: Claudius (with saevus), Suet. Claud. 34: bella (with cruenta), Just. 29, 3, 3: sententiae, Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 6: illud responsum, Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169.

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