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Latin
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
- to rot, decay, putrefy
Usage notes
Manuscripts often show confusion between this verb and putrēscō.
Conjugation
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.