putresco

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Latin

Etymology

From putreō (to be rotten or putrid) +‎ -scō, from Latin puter (rotten, crumbling).

Pronunciation

Verb

putrēscō (present infinitive putrēscere, perfect active putruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to putrefy, rot

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Calabrian: putrisciri
    • Italian: putrire (various inflexions)
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • French: pourrir (various inflexions)
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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