Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. purulent, festering

Declension edit

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

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Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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