sanguinaris

sanguĭnārĭus, a, um (also late Lat. sanguĭnāris, e, Vulg. Ecclus. 42, 5), adj. [sanguis], of or belonging to blood, blood-,

I.

Lit.: herba, an herb that stanches blood, the Gr. polugonon, Col. 7, 5, 19;

also called sanguinaria alone,

Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113, and sanguinalis herba, Col. 6, 12 fin.; Cels. 2, 33; 3, 22 fin.: latus sanguinare, covered with blood, Vulg. Ecclus. 42, 5.—

II.

Trop., blood-thirsty, bloody, sanguinary (rare but class.):

juventus,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 3:

Claudius (with saevus),

Suet. Claud. 34:

bella (with cruenta),

Just. 29, 3, 3:

sententiae,

Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 6:

illud responsum,

Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169.