cruor

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Sanguis is the condition of physical life; cruor, the symbol of death by slaughter.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

"Gens unica terras Incolit a sævo serpentum innoxia morsu, Marmaridæ Psylli: par lingua potentibus herbis, Ipse cruor tutus, nullumque admittere virus Vel cantu cessante potest."

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey