verb intransitive

sanguĭno

2nd PP sanguĭnāre · conj. 1st

to be bloody; to bleed; run with blood •

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.—

to be of a blood-color by extension •

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, App. M. 5, p. 160, 20 (cf.: sanguineae jubae anguium, Verg. A. 2, 207). —*

to be blood-thirsty; sanguinary figuratively •

Trop., to be blood-thirsty, sanguinary: sanguinans eloquentia (sc. delatorum), Tac. Or. 12.

Perseus ID: n42529 Key: sanguino