exsanguis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ex- (“out of, from”) +‎ sanguis (“blood”) +‎ -is (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

exsanguis (neuter exsangue); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Deprived of blood, without or lacking in blood; bloodless.
  2. Pale, wan.
  3. (figuratively) Powerless, feeble, weak, exhausted.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis
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