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putire

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *pūtīre, from a change in conjugation of Latin pūteō (to stink), from Proto-Italic *pūtēō, derived from a form *pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European *puHtós, derived from the root *puH- (rotten, foul).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /puˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tì‧re

Verb

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putìre (first-person singular present putìsco or pùto, first-person singular past historic putìi, past participle putìto, auxiliary avére) (literary) [auxiliary avere]

  1. (intransitive) to stink
    Synonyms: (literary) fetere, (jocular) olezzare, puzzare
    Antonyms: odorare, (literary) olezzare, (obsolete, poetic) olire, profumare
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 10–12; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Grandine grossa, acqua tinta e neve
      per l’aere tenebroso si riversa;
      pute la terra che questo riceve.
      Huge hail, and water sombre-hued, and snow, athwart the tenebrous air pour down amain; noisome the earth is, that receives this.
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to be disgusting
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to arouse suspicion

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • putire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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