purulentus

Latin

Etymology

From pūs (“pus”) +‎ -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puː.ruˈlen.tus/, [puːrʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.ruˈlen.tus/, [puruˈlɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

pūrulentus (feminine pūrulenta, neuter pūrulentum); first/second-declension adjective

1. purulent, festering

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pūrulentus	pūrulenta	pūrulentum		pūrulentī	pūrulentae	pūrulenta
Genitive	pūrulentī	pūrulentae	pūrulentī		pūrulentōrum	pūrulentārum	pūrulentōrum
Dative	pūrulentō		pūrulentō		pūrulentīs
Accusative	pūrulentum	pūrulentam	pūrulentum		pūrulentōs	pūrulentās	pūrulenta
Ablative	pūrulentō	pūrulentā	pūrulentō		pūrulentīs
Vocative	pūrulente	pūrulenta	pūrulentum		pūrulentī	pūrulentae	pūrulenta

Derived terms

• pūrulentātiō
• pūrulentē
• pūrulentia

Related terms

• pūs

Descendants

• English: purulent
• Italian: purulento
• Portuguese: purulento
• Spanish: purulento

References

• “purulentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• purulentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.