C / crŭento
verb transitive #2922

crŭento

2nd PP crŭentāre · 3rd PP crŭentāvi · 4th PP crŭentātum · conj. 1st
to make bloody, to spot with blood
to make bloody, to spot with blood (class.).
vigiles, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4: manus suorum sanguine, Nep. Epam. 10, 3; cf.… literal
Lit.: vigiles, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4: manus suorum sanguine, Nep. Epam. 10, 3; cf. Liv. 23, 9, 4, and Tac. H. 1, 58 fin.: cornipedem ferratā calce, Sil. 17, 541: gladium, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf. tela, Ov. M. 8, 424: ōs, id. ib. 4, 104: dextras, id. ib. 11, 23: cruentati redeunt, id. ib. 3, 572: ut sequenti die Luna se in Aquario cruentaret, would appear to be stained with blood, Suet. Dom. 16.—
haec te lacerat, haec cruentat oratio, wounds, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86 (v. the… figuratively
Trop.: haec te lacerat, haec cruentat oratio, wounds, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86 (v. the figure in its connection).—
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To spot, stain, pollute
To spot, stain, pollute: vestem, Lucr. 4, 1033.—
To dye red, to tinge with red
To dye red, to tinge with red (post-Aug.): conchylio vestis cruentatur, Sen. Contr 2, 15 fin.; so Stat. S. 1, 5, 38.