putesco

Latin

Alternative forms

• pūtīscō

Etymology

From pūteō (“I stink, am rotten, am putrid”) +‎ -scō (inchoative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːˈteːs.koː/, [puːˈt̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈtes.ko/, [puˈt̪ɛsko]

Verb

pūtēscō (present infinitive pūtēscere, perfect active pūtuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to rot, decay, putrefy

Usage notes

Manuscripts often show confusion between this verb and putrēscō.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pūtēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pūtēscō	pūtēscis	pūtēscit	pūtēscimus	pūtēscitis	pūtēscunt
	imperfect	pūtēscēbam	pūtēscēbās	pūtēscēbat	pūtēscēbāmus	pūtēscēbātis	pūtēscēbant
	future	pūtēscam	pūtēscēs	pūtēscet	pūtēscēmus	pūtēscētis	pūtēscent
	perfect	pūtuī	pūtuistī	pūtuit	pūtuimus	pūtuistis	pūtuērunt, pūtuēre
	pluperfect	pūtueram	pūtuerās	pūtuerat	pūtuerāmus	pūtuerātis	pūtuerant
	future perfect	pūtuerō	pūtueris	pūtuerit	pūtuerimus	pūtueritis	pūtuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pūtēscam	pūtēscās	pūtēscat	pūtēscāmus	pūtēscātis	pūtēscant
	imperfect	pūtēscerem	pūtēscerēs	pūtēsceret	pūtēscerēmus	pūtēscerētis	pūtēscerent
	perfect	pūtuerim	pūtuerīs	pūtuerit	pūtuerīmus	pūtuerītis	pūtuerint
	pluperfect	pūtuissem	pūtuissēs	pūtuisset	pūtuissēmus	pūtuissētis	pūtuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pūtēsce	—	—	pūtēscite	—
	future	—	pūtēscitō	pūtēscitō	—	pūtēscitōte	pūtēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pūtēscere	pūtuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		pūtēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pūtēscendī	pūtēscendō	pūtēscendum	pūtēscendō	—	—

References

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