sanguinary Copy link Outline I. Attended with bloodshed1. atrox (of a battle, obstinate and sanguinary = Fr. acharné)2. cruentus (chiefly poet. and in later authors)3. sanguĭneus (poet.)4. sanguĭnārius (late and rare in this sense)II. Bloodthirsty1. sanguĭnārius2. cruentus (poet.) • sanguinary: I. Attended with bloodshed: 1. atrox (of a battle, obstinate and sanguinary = Fr. acharné): a battle more s. than could be expected from the number of the combatants, proelium atrocius, quam pro numero pugnantium, Liv. 21, 29, init. 2. cruentus (chiefly poet. and in later authors): a s. contest, c. certamen, Liv. 21, 43, med.: Vell. 2, 71 (non aliud bellum cruentius caede clarissimorum virorum). Join: trux et cruentum [bellum], Just. 29, 3, init. 3. sanguĭneus (poet.): s. slaughter, s. caedes, Ov. M. 13, 85. 4. sanguĭnārius (late and rare in this sense): Just. l. c. (cruenta et s. bella). II. Bloodthirsty: 1. sanguĭnārius: s. young men, s. juventus, Cic. Att. 2, 7, 2. 2. cruentus (poet.): s. Mars, Hor. Od. 2, 14, 13: Achilles, more s. than war itself, Achilles bello cruentius ipso, Ov. M. 12, 593: v. also bloody.