putesco

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pūteō (I stink, am rotten, am putrid) +‎ -scō (inchoative suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

pūtēscō (present infinitive pūtēscere, perfect active pūtuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to rot, decay, putrefy

Usage notes

Manuscripts often show confusion between this verb and putrēscō.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pūtēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pūtēscō pūtēscis pūtēscit pūtēscimus pūtēscitis pūtēscunt
imperfect pūtēscēbam pūtēscēbās pūtēscēbat pūtēscēbāmus pūtēscēbātis pūtēscēbant
future pūtēscam pūtēscēs pūtēscet pūtēscēmus pūtēscētis pūtēscent
perfect pūtuī pūtuistī pūtuit pūtuimus pūtuistis pūtuērunt,
pūtuēre
pluperfect pūtueram pūtuerās pūtuerat pūtuerāmus pūtuerātis pūtuerant
future perfect pūtuerō pūtueris pūtuerit pūtuerimus pūtueritis pūtuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pūtēscam pūtēscās pūtēscat pūtēscāmus pūtēscātis pūtēscant
imperfect pūtēscerem pūtēscerēs pūtēsceret pūtēscerēmus pūtēscerētis pūtēscerent
perfect pūtuerim pūtuerīs pūtuerit pūtuerīmus pūtuerītis pūtuerint
pluperfect pūtuissem pūtuissēs pūtuisset pūtuissēmus pūtuissētis pūtuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pūtēsce pūtēscite
future pūtēscitō pūtēscitō pūtēscitōte pūtēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pūtēscere pūtuisse
participles pūtēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pūtēscendī pūtēscendō pūtēscendum pūtēscendō

References

  • putesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • putesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • putesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.