putridus

Latin

Etymology

From putreō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tri.dus/, [ˈpʊt̪rɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tri.dus/, [ˈpuːt̪rid̪us]

Adjective

putridus (feminine putrida, neuter putridum); first/second-declension adjective

1. rotten, decayed, putrid
2. withered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	putridus	putrida	putridum		putridī	putridae	putrida
Genitive	putridī	putridae	putridī		putridōrum	putridārum	putridōrum
Dative	putridō		putridō		putridīs
Accusative	putridum	putridam	putridum		putridōs	putridās	putrida
Ablative	putridō	putridā	putridō		putridīs
Vocative	putride	putrida	putridum		putridī	putridae	putrida

Synonyms

• puter, pūtidus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: putrid
  • Romanian: putred
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: pruto (Sora)
• Vulgar Latin: *putricus (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → English: putrid
  • → French: putride
  • → Italian: putrido
  • → Portuguese: pútrido
  • → Romanian: putrid
  • → Spanish: pútrido

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŭtrĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 643

Further reading

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