Latin edit

Etymology edit

From puter +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

putrefaciō (present infinitive putrefacere, perfect active putrefēcī, supine putrefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

  1. to rot or putrefy

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of putrefaciō (third conjugation -variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present putrefaciō putrefacis putrefacit putrefacimus putrefacitis putrefaciunt
imperfect putrefaciēbam putrefaciēbās putrefaciēbat putrefaciēbāmus putrefaciēbātis putrefaciēbant
future putrefaciam putrefaciēs putrefaciet putrefaciēmus putrefaciētis putrefacient
perfect putrefēcī putrefēcistī putrefēcit putrefēcimus putrefēcistis putrefēcērunt,
putrefēcēre
pluperfect putrefēceram putrefēcerās putrefēcerat putrefēcerāmus putrefēcerātis putrefēcerant
future perfect putrefēcerō putrefēceris putrefēcerit putrefēcerimus putrefēceritis putrefēcerint
passive present putrefīō putrefīs putrefit putrefīmus putrefītis putrefīunt
imperfect putrefīēbam putrefīēbās putrefīēbat putrefīēbāmus putrefīēbātis putrefīēbant
future putrefīam putrefīēs putrefīet putrefīēmus putrefīētis putrefīent
perfect putrefactus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect putrefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect putrefactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present putrefaciam putrefaciās putrefaciat putrefaciāmus putrefaciātis putrefaciant
imperfect putrefacerem putrefacerēs putrefaceret putrefacerēmus putrefacerētis putrefacerent
perfect putrefēcerim putrefēcerīs putrefēcerit putrefēcerīmus putrefēcerītis putrefēcerint
pluperfect putrefēcissem putrefēcissēs putrefēcisset putrefēcissēmus putrefēcissētis putrefēcissent
passive present putrefīam putrefīās putrefīat putrefīāmus putrefīātis putrefīant
imperfect putrefierem putrefierēs putrefieret putrefierēmus putrefierētis putrefierent
perfect putrefactus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect putrefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present putreface putrefacite
future putrefacitō putrefacitō putrefacitōte putrefaciuntō
passive present putrefī putrefīte
future putrefītō putrefītō putrefītōte putrefīuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives putrefacere putrefēcisse putrefactūrum esse putrefierī putrefactum esse putrefactum īrī
participles putrefaciēns putrefactūrus putrefactus putrefaciendus,
putrefaciundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
putrefaciendī putrefaciendō putrefaciendum putrefaciendō putrefactum putrefactū

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Italian: putrefare
  • Portuguese: putrefazer

References edit

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