putresco

Latin

Etymology

From putreō (“to be rotten or putrid”) +‎ -scō, from Latin puter (“rotten, crumbling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puˈtreːs.koː/, [pʊˈt̪reːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈtres.ko/, [puˈt̪rɛsko]

Verb

putrēscō (present infinitive putrēscere, perfect active putruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to putrefy, rot

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	putrēscō	putrēscis	putrēscit	putrēscimus	putrēscitis	putrēscunt
	imperfect	putrēscēbam	putrēscēbās	putrēscēbat	putrēscēbāmus	putrēscēbātis	putrēscēbant
	future	putrēscam	putrēscēs	putrēscet	putrēscēmus	putrēscētis	putrēscent
	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	putrēscam	putrēscās	putrēscat	putrēscāmus	putrēscātis	putrēscant
imperfect	putrēscerem	putrēscerēs	putrēsceret	putrēscerēmus	putrēscerētis	putrēscerent
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	—	putrēsce	—	—	putrēscite	—
	future	—	putrēscitō	putrēscitō	—	putrēscitōte	putrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		putrēscere	putruisse	—	—	—	—
participles		putrēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		putrēscendī	putrēscendō	putrēscendum	putrēscendō	—	—

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Calabrian: putrisciri
  • Italian: putrire (various inflexions)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • French: pourrir (various inflexions)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: podrecer
  • Portuguese: apodrecer
  • Spanish: podrecer

References

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