I.to make bloody, to spot with blood (class.).
I. Lit.: vigiles, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4: “manus suorum sanguine,” Nep. Epam. 10, 3; cf. Liv. 23, 9, 4, and Tac. H. 1, 58 fin.: “cornipedem ferratā calce,” Sil. 17, 541: “gladium,” Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf. “tela,” Ov. M. 8, 424: “ōs,” id. ib. 4, 104: “dextras,” id. ib. 11, 23: “cruentati redeunt,” id. ib. 3, 572: “ut sequenti die Luna se in Aquario cruentaret,” would appear to be stained with blood, Suet. Dom. 16.—
B. Trop.: “haec te lacerat, haec cruentat oratio,” wounds, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86 (v. the figure in its connection).—
II. Transf. *
A. To spot, stain, pollute: “vestem,” Lucr. 4, 1033.—
B. To dye red, to tinge with red (post-Aug.): “conchylio vestis cruentatur,” Sen. Contr 2, 15 fin.; so Stat. S. 1, 5, 38.
