putidus

putidus

Latin

Etymology

pūteō (“I stink”, “I am rotten or putrid”) +‎ -idus (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.ti.dus/, [ˈpuː.tɪ.dʊs]

Adjective

pūtidus (feminine pūtida, neuter pūtidum); first/second declension

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. (in contemptuous language, 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 written style, rhetorical composition, or pronunciation) unnatural, affected, stilted, pedantic

Declension

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	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	pūtidīs	pūtidīs
Accusative	pūtidum	pūtidam	pūtidum		pūtidōs	pūtidās	pūtida
Ablative	pūtidō	pūtidā	pūtidō		pūtidīs	pūtidīs	pūtidīs
Vocative	pūtide	pūtida	pūtidum		pūtidī	pūtidae	pūtida

• comparative pūtidior, superlative pūtidissimus

Derived terms

• pūtidē
• pūtidiusculus
• pūtidulus

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)