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fētĕo (less correctly foetĕo, faetĕo), ēre, no

  1. I. perf., v. n. [Sanscr. dhū-, dhūmas, smoke; Gr. θῦμα, θύος; Lat. fumus; fetere (or foet-), for fovitere; cf. also foedus]. Lit., to have an ill smell, to stink: an fetet anima uxori tuae? Plaut. As. 5, 2, 44; 78: fetere multo Myrtale solet vino, Mart. 5, 4, 1: abstineat a fetentibus acrimoniis allii vel caeparum, Col. 9, 14, 3.
  2. II. Fig.: fi! fi! fetet Tuus mihi sermo, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 7: omnes civitates lupanaribus fetent, Salv. Gub. D. 7, 23.

fētesco (faet-, foet-, no perf. nor sup.), 3, v. inch. n. [feteo], to become stinking (late Lat.): fetescit vetusta (aqua), Isid. Orig. 20, 3.