cruenter Latin · revision 9799

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Apuleius|origins=ine-pro *krewh₂-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cruenter''' (comparative cruentius, superlative cruentissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==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⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨cruentus⟩ is from [[m|la|cruor|t=blood]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kruwōs|t=blood]], from [[ine-pro|*kruh₂-ōs|t=blood]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its source is Apuleius' ''Metamorphoses''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant cruelly, bloodily, the same as ''cruentē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Cruelly, [[m|en|bloodily]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cruentus]]

+ * [[cruentē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}