putreo

Latin

Etymology

From puter (“rotten, decaying”) +‎ -eō, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-; compare Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon, “discharge from a sore”), πύθειν (púthein, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl (“foul”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tre.oː/, [ˈpʊt̪reoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tre.o/, [ˈpuːt̪reo]

Verb

putreō (present infinitive putrēre, perfect active putruī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (pre-Classical) to be rotten, decaying, putrid
2. (pre-Classical) to be festering

Conjugation

   Conjugation of putreō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	putreō		putrēs		putret		putrēmus		putrētis		putrent
	imperfect	putrēbam		putrēbās		putrēbat		putrēbāmus		putrēbātis		putrēbant
	future	putrēbō		putrēbis		putrēbit		putrēbimus		putrēbitis		putrēbunt
	perfect	putruī		putruistī		putruit		putruimus		putruistis		putruērunt, putruēre
	pluperfect	putrueram		putruerās		putruerat		putruerāmus		putruerātis		putruerant
	future perfect	putruerō		putrueris		putruerit		putruerimus		putrueritis		putruerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	putream		putreās		putreat		putreāmus		putreātis		putreant
	imperfect	putrērem		putrērēs		putrēret		putrērēmus		putrērētis		putrērent
	perfect	putruerim		putruerīs		putruerit		putruerīmus		putruerītis		putruerint
	pluperfect	putruissem		putruissēs		putruisset		putruissēmus		putruissētis		putruissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		putrē		—		—		putrēte		—
	future	—		putrētō		putrētō		—		putrētōte		putrentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		putrēre			—			putrēns			—
perfect		putruisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		putrendī		putrendō		putrendum		putrendō		—		—

Derived terms

• putrēscō

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *putrīre (see there for further descendants)

References

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