bleed Copy link Outline A. Intrans.B. Trans. • bleed: A. Intrans.: Phr.: his nose b.s, sanguis ei ex naribus fluit, Cels.: the wound b.s copiously, profusio sanguinis ex vulnere fit, Cels. the nose will b. (violently), sanguis per nares erumpet, Cels.: he bled to death, *effuso per vulnera sanguine mortuus est. Fig.: these things make the heart b., hae res magnum et acerbum dolorem commovent, Cic.: my heart b.s, animus mihi dolet, Pl. B. Trans.: sanguĭnem mitto, misi, missum, 3 (with dat. of person): it is nothing new to b. young persons by opening a vein, sanguinem incisa vena, junioribus mitti, novum non est, Cels. if the woman is not strong, it is wrong to bleed her, si mulier parum valet, male sanguis mittitur, Cels.: to b. from the arm, ex brachio sanguinem m., Cels. Fig.: to b. a province (i. e. to exhaust it of wealth), sanguinem provinciae m., Cic. Phr.: the man is not strong enough to be b., homo detractionem sanguinis sustinere non potest, Cels.: v. blood.