cruenter

Forms

cruenter (comparative cruentius, superlative cruentissimē)^[1]

Etymology

It is from cruentus “bloody” with the suffix -ter and syncope, like cruentē, and Wiktionary explains it as a rebracketing of ⟨cruentus⟩ as ⟨cruent-us⟩.^[2][1] ⟨cruentus⟩ is from cruor (“blood”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Italic *kruwōs (“blood”), from Proto-Indo-European *kruh₂-ōs (“blood”).^[1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its source is Apuleius' Metamorphoses.^[4][5] Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant cruelly, bloodily, the same as cruentē.^[2][4]

Timeline

• c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it.^[4][5]

Meanings

Adverb

1. Cruelly, bloodily.^[2][4]

Related words

• cruentus
• cruentē

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de