sanguineus

sanguĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [sanguis].

I.

Lit., of blood, consisting of blood, bloody, blood- (class.; a favorite word of the Aug. poets): imber, * Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60:

guttae,

Ov. M. 2, 360; 14, 408:

dapes,

Tib. 1, 5, 49:

manus,

Ov. M. 1, 143:

lingua,

id. ib. 3, 57:

humus,

id. H. 16, 334; cf.

mater,

id. M. 3, 125:

hasta,

Stat. Th. 8, 436:

pulmo,

Sen. Agam. 760; Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188:

caedes,

Ov. M. 13, 85:

rixae,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 4:

bellum,

Val. Fl. 5, 308; 6, 134:

crines,

Stat. Th. 10, 173:

leo,

Val. Fl. 3, 588.—

B.

Blood-thirsty:

vir,

i. e. Hannibal, Sil. 1, 40:

Mavors,

Verg. A. 12, 332:

Mars,

Ov. R. Am. 153.—

II.

Transf., blood-colored, blood-red ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

jubae (anguium),

Verg. A. 2, 207:

cometae,

id. ib. 10, 273:

mora,

id. E. 6, 22:

Luna,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 23:

sagulum,

Sil. 4, 519:

color vini,

Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80:

sucus,

id. 21, 16, 56, § 95:

frutices,

id. 16, 18, 30, § 74:

virgae,

Dig. 49, 9, 9:

cristae,

Col. 8, 2, 9:

flores,

id. 10, 242.