putresco

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈtreːs.koː/, [pʊˈt̪reːs̠koː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈtres.ko/, [puˈt̪rɛsko]

Verb

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

  1. 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:

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
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