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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tre.oː/, [ˈpʊt̪reoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tre.o/, [ˈpuːt̪reo]

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

• putrēscō

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.