sanguĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [sanguis].
I Lit., of blood , consisting of blood , bloody , blood- (class.; a favorite word of the Aug. poets): imber, * Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60: guttae, Ov. M. 2, 360; 14, 408: dapes, Tib. 1, 5, 49: manus, Ov. M. 1, 143: lingua, id. ib. 3, 57: humus, id. H. 16, 334; cf. mater, id. M. 3, 125: hasta, Stat. Th. 8, 436: pulmo, Sen. Agam. 760; Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188: caedes, Ov. M. 13, 85: rixae, Hor. C. 1, 27, 4: bellum, Val. Fl. 5, 308; 6, 134: crines, Stat. Th. 10, 173: leo, Val. Fl. 3, 588.—
B Blood-thirsty : vir, i. e. Hannibal , Sil. 1, 40: Mavors, Verg. A. 12, 332: Mars, Ov. R. Am. 153.—
II Transf., blood-colored , blood-red (poet. and in postAug. prose): jubae (anguium), Verg. A. 2, 207: cometae, id. ib. 10, 273: mora, id. E. 6, 22: Luna, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 23: sagulum, Sil. 4, 519: color vini, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80: sucus, id. 21, 16, 56, § 95: frutices, id. 16, 18, 30, § 74: virgae, Dig. 49, 9, 9: cristae, Col. 8, 2, 9: flores, id. 10, 242.