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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Transf. *

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.

Perseus ID: n11725 Key: cruento