putidus

Latin

Etymology

From pūteō (“to stink”, “to be rotten or putrid”) +‎ -idus (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.tɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.ti.dus]

Adjective

pūtidus (feminine pūtida, neuter pūtidum, comparative pūtidior, superlative pūtidissimus, adverb pūtidē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (literally) rotten, decaying, spoiled, fetid
   1. (of a wound) festering, infected, purulent, suppurating
   2. (without the attendant notion of decay or infection) stinking, reeking, foul, mephitic
2. (transferred senses)
   1. (derogatory, of persons) old, half-rotten, withered, decrepit
      1. (of persons’ minds) addled, worn-out
   2. (of actions, utterances, etc.) tiresome, wearisome, objectionable, vexatious, offensive, disagreeable, disgusting
      1. (of language) unnatural, affected, stilted, pedantic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pūtidus	pūtida	pūtidum		pūtidī	pūtidae	pūtida
genitive	pūtidī	pūtidae	pūtidī		pūtidōrum	pūtidārum	pūtidōrum
dative	pūtidō	pūtidae	pūtidō		pūtidīs
accusative	pūtidum	pūtidam	pūtidum		pūtidōs	pūtidās	pūtida
ablative	pūtidō	pūtidā	pūtidō		pūtidīs
vocative	pūtide	pūtida	pūtidum		pūtidī	pūtidae	pūtida

Derived terms

• pūtidē
• pūtidiusculus
• pūtidulus

Descendants

• Catalan: púdol, puda, → pútid (learned)
• Italian: putido
• Old Spanish: pudio

References

• “pūtĭdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “putidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pūtĭdus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,281/3.
• “pūtidus” on page 1,526/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)