putrefacio

Latin

Etymology

From puter +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.treˈfa.ki.oː/, [pʊt̪rɛˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.treˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [put̪reˈfäːt͡ʃio]

Verb

putrefaciō (present infinitive putrefacere, perfect active putrefēcī, supine putrefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive

1. to rot or putrefy

Conjugation

   Conjugation of putrefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	putrefaciō		putrefacis		putrefacit		putrefacimus		putrefacitis		putrefaciunt
	imperfect	putrefaciēbam		putrefaciēbās		putrefaciēbat		putrefaciēbāmus		putrefaciēbātis		putrefaciēbant
	future	putrefaciam		putrefaciēs		putrefaciet		putrefaciēmus		putrefaciētis		putrefacient
	perfect	putrefēcī		putrefēcistī		putrefēcit		putrefēcimus		putrefēcistis		putrefēcēre, putrefēcērunt
	pluperfect	putrefēceram		putrefēcerās		putrefēcerat		putrefēcerāmus		putrefēcerātis		putrefēcerant
	future perfect	putrefēcerō		putrefēceris		putrefēcerit		putrefēcerimus		putrefēceritis		putrefēcerint
passive	present	putrefīō		putrefīs		putrefit		putrefīmus		putrefītis		putrefīunt
	imperfect	putrefīēbam		putrefīēbās		putrefīēbat		putrefīēbāmus		putrefīēbātis		putrefīēbant
	future	putrefīam		putrefīēs		putrefīet		putrefīēmus		putrefīētis		putrefīent
	perfect	putrefactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	putrefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	putrefactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	putrefaciam		putrefaciās		putrefaciat		putrefaciāmus		putrefaciātis		putrefaciant
	imperfect	putrefacerem		putrefacerēs		putrefaceret		putrefacerēmus		putrefacerētis		putrefacerent
	perfect	putrefēcerim		putrefēcerīs		putrefēcerit		putrefēcerīmus		putrefēcerītis		putrefēcerint
	pluperfect	putrefēcissem		putrefēcissēs		putrefēcisset		putrefēcissēmus		putrefēcissētis		putrefēcissent
passive	present	putrefīam		putrefīās		putrefīat		putrefīāmus		putrefīātis		putrefīant
	imperfect	putrefierem		putrefierēs		putrefieret		putrefierēmus		putrefierētis		putrefierent
	perfect	putrefactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	putrefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		putreface		—		—		putrefacite		—
	future	—		putrefacitō		putrefacitō		—		putrefacitōte		putrefaciuntō
passive	present	—		putrefī		—		—		putrefīte		—
	future	—		putrefītō		putrefītō		—		putrefītōte		putrefīuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		putrefacere			putrefierī			putrefaciēns			—
future		putrefactūrum esse			putrefactum īrī			putrefactūrus			putrefaciendus, putrefaciundus
perfect		putrefēcisse			putrefactum esse			—			putrefactus
future perfect		—			putrefactum fore			—			—
perfect potential		putrefactūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		putrefaciendī		putrefaciendō		putrefaciendum		putrefaciendō		putrefactum		putrefactū

Derived terms

• putrefactiō

Descendants

• Italian: putrefare
• Portuguese: putrefazer

References

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