exsanguis
Latin
Alternative forms
- esanguis
- exanguis
Etymology
From ex- (“out of, from”) + sanguis (“blood”) + -is (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛksˈsaŋ.ɡʷɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eksˈsaŋ.ɡʷis]
Adjective
exsanguis (neuter exsangue); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Deprived of blood, without or lacking in blood; bloodless.
- Pale, wan.
- (figuratively) Powerless, feeble, weak, exhausted.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | exsanguis | exsangue | exsanguēs | exsanguia | |
| genitive | exsanguis | exsanguium | |||
| dative | exsanguī | exsanguibus | |||
| accusative | exsanguem | exsangue | exsanguēs exsanguīs |
exsanguia | |
| ablative | exsanguī | exsanguibus | |||
| vocative | exsanguis | exsangue | exsanguēs | exsanguia | |
Derived terms
- exsanguescō
- exsanguinātus
Descendants
- → English: exsanguine
- → French: exsangue
- → Italian: esangue
References
- “exsanguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exsanguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exsanguis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis
- the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis