sanguĭno, āre, v. n. [sanguis].
I Lit., to be bloody; to bleed , run with blood (postAug. and very rare): femina sanguinans (in menstruation), Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 20: lacertos sanguinantes porrigere, Quint. Decl. 10, 8; 10, 18.—
B Transf., to be of a blood-color : unda purpureis profundis, Sol. poët. in Anthol. Lat. II. p. 384 Burm. (234 Meyer): colubrum veneno noxio colla sanguinantem, Ap. Met. 5, 17, 12 (cf.: sanguineae jubae anguium, Verg. A. 2, 207). —*
II Trop., to be blood-thirsty , sanguinary : sanguinans eloquentia (sc. delatorum), Tac. Or. 12.