putreo

Latin

Etymology

From puter (“rotten, decaying”) +‎ -eō, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-; compare Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon, “discharge from a sore”), πύθειν (púthein, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl (“foul”).

Pronunciation

Verb

putreō (present infinitive putrēre, perfect active putruī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (pre-Classical) to be rotten, decaying, putrid
  2. (pre-Classical) to be festering

Conjugation
   Conjugation of putreō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present putreō putrēs putret putrēmus putrētis putrent
imperfect putrēbam putrēbās putrēbat putrēbāmus putrēbātis putrēbant
future putrēbō putrēbis putrēbit putrēbimus putrēbitis putrēbunt
perfect putruī putruistī putruit putruimus putruistis putruērunt,
putruēre
pluperfect putrueram putruerās putruerat putruerāmus putruerātis putruerant
future perfect putruerō putrueris putruerit putruerimus putrueritis putruerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present putream putreās putreat putreāmus putreātis putreant
imperfect putrērem putrērēs putrēret putrērēmus putrērētis putrērent
perfect putruerim putruerīs putruerit putruerīmus putruerītis putruerint
pluperfect putruissem putruissēs putruisset putruissēmus putruissētis putruissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — putrē — — putrēte —
future — putrētō putrētō — putrētōte putrentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives putrēre putruisse — — — —
participles putrēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
putrendī putrendō putrendum putrendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Vulgar Latin: *putrīre (see there for further descendants)

References
  • “putreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • putreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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