exsanguis

Latin

Alternative forms

• esanguis
• exanguis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsan.ɡʷis/, [ɛkˈs̠äŋɡʷɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsan.ɡwis/, [eɡˈzäŋɡwis]

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis