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cruor

cruor

9.9
Thick clotted blood that comes from wounds or violence
  • noun
  • /ˈkruːər/
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  • The battlefield was stained with cruor, a testament to the violence that had occurred.
  • cruor and sanguis

Examples

  • For blood was cruor as well as sanguis; it was a symbol of violation as well as fertility, of torture as well as birth.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In contrast to many other theologians, Gerhard's word of choice for the relic he defends is cruor (bloodshed), not sanguis.

    Academic text (2002)

  • But blood was also cruor: death, discord, suffering, horror, division.

    Academic text (2002)

  • It is sanguis and cruor, for Latin shares with other Indo-European languages a distinction between inside blood (in some sense, life) and outside blood or bloodshed.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In her poem, the author vividly described cruor as a symbol of both sacrifice and suffering.

  • The ancient texts spoke of cruor as the lifeblood of heroes and the mark of tragic events.

Synonyms

gore
vscruor
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599 7.7

Thick blood that comes from a wound after violence or injury

is mainly used in literary or formal contexts rather than everyday speech

Surface Forms

cruor singular
cruors plural

Etymology

The word Cruor comes from the Latin cruor, which means 'blood' or 'gore'. So cruor now means 'thick or clotted blood', often used in poems or formal writing to describe wounds or battle scenes.