exsanguis

Latin

Alternative forms
  • esanguis
  • exanguis

Etymology

From ex (“out of, from”) + sanguis (“blood”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsan.ɡʷis/, [ɛkˈsaŋ.ɡᶣɪs]

Adjective

exsanguis (neuter exsangue); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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

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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