English

Noun

cruor ‎(uncountable)

1. The colouring matter of the blood.
2. The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-. Cognates include Ancient Greek κρέας ‎(kréas), Sanskrit क्रविस् ‎(kravís), क्रूर ‎(krūra), Proto-Slavic *kry, Old English hrǣw (English raw).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.or/, [ˈkrʊ.ɔr]

Noun

cruor m ‎(genitive cruōris); third declension

1. blood, gore
2. (figuratively) murder, bloodshed

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (blood) sanguis

Related terms

Descendants

• English: cruor
• French: cruor
• Portuguese: cruor
• Spanish: crúor

References

• cruor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cruor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CRUOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cruor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.