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pŭtĕal (collat. form ‡ pŭtĕāle, Inscr. Ann. 16, p. Chr. n. ap. Orell. 4517), ālis, n. [puteus].

  1. I. A stone curb round the mouth of a well: puteal, περιστόμιον φρέατος, Gloss. Philox.: putealia sigillata duo, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3; Dig. 19, 1, 14.
  2. II. Transf., a similar curb placed round any spot. Thus, at Rome, the Puteal, erected in the Comitium, to commemorate the cutting of a whetstone with a razor by the augur Attus Navius, near the Arcus Fabianus. It was subsequently restored by Scribonius Libo, and was called also Puteal Libonis. Money matters were here transacted. According to others, the Puteal of Libo was different from that of Attus Navius: impositum, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33; id. Sest. 8, 18; Ov. R. Am. 561: Libonis, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 8; id. S. 2, 6, 35; Pers. 4, 49.

pŭtĕālis, e, adj. [puteus], of or belonging to a well, well-: undae, well-water, Ov. Ib. 391; so, lymphae, Lucr. 6, 1178: aquae, Dig. 43, 1, 20, § 6: fons, Col. 11, 3, 8: unda, id. 1, 5, 1: pocula, of spring-water, Juvenc. 2, 259; cf. puteanus.

pŭtĕānus, a, um, adj. [puteus], of or belonging to a well, well-: aqua, well-water, Col. 12, 26, 1; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 82.

pŭtĕārĭus, ĭi, m. [puteus], a well-digger, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49; Liv. 44, 33, 1 dub.

putĕfactus, a, um, v. putrefacio.

pūtĕo, ēre (no perf. or sup.), 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root pu-, to stink; cf. pus; Gr. πῦον].

  1. I. To stink (cf. putesco), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 545, 16: putet aper, Hor. S. 2, 2, 42: putere diurno mero, id. Ep. 1, 19, 11; Pers. 3, 73.
  2. II. To be rotten, putrid, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 67 (al. putrent).
    Hence, pū-tens, entis, P. a., stinking, Aldh. Laud. Virg. 35; Scrib. Comp. 186.

Pŭtĕŏli, ōrum, m.,

  1. I. a city on the coast of Campania, opposite Baiœ, having mineral springs, a favorite resort of the Romans, now Puzzuoli, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 15, 20, 3; id. Fin. 2, 26, 84; Liv. 24, 13; 34, 35 et saep.
    Hence,
  2. II. Pŭtĕŏlānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Puteoli, Puteolan: sinus, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82: praedia, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 78: Cluvius, id. Fam. 13, 56, 1: pulvis, volcanic ashes of Puteoli, Pozzuolana, Sen. Q. N. 3, 20, 3; Plin. 16, 39, 75, § 202; 35, 13, 47, § 167.
    Substt.:
    1. A. Pŭtĕŏlā-num, i, n., a country-seat of Cicero, near Puteoli, Cic. Fat. 1, 2; id. Att. 16, 1, 1.
      1. 2. Transf., a blue pigment, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161.
    2. B. In plur.: Pŭtĕŏlāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Puteoli, the Puteolans, Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86.

pŭter and pū̆tris, tris, tre, adjj. [puteo], rotten, decaying, putrefying, stinking, putrid.

  1. I. Lit.: palus puter, fetid, Varr. R. R. 1, 8: navis, Prop. 2, 19, 43 (3, 20, 7): fanum, mouldering from age, ruined, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 49: poma, rotten, Ov. M. 7, 585: fervent examina putri De bove, rotten, putrefying, id. F. 1, 379: viscera, id. M. 15, 365: corpora cicatricibus putria, Curt. 9, 3, 10; cf.: si ulcus magis putre est, Cels. 5, 26, 33: vomicae, Juv. 13, 95: putres artus et tabida cruore manantia membra, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 5: artus, Sil. 13, 464: cadavera, putri liquentia tabo, id. 13, 487: moles, id. 3, 643.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., loose, crumbling, friable, mellow, soft, flabby, etc.: glaeba, crumbling, Verg. G. 1, 44: tellus, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 39: campus, Verg. A. 8, 596: harena, Stat. S. 4, 3, 126; Luc. 8, 830: ager pinguis ac putris, Col. 2, 1: solum, id. 2, 10, 18; Verg. G. 2, 204: lapis, friable, Plin. Ep. 10, 39 (48), 2: mammae, flabby, Hor. Epod. 8, 7: oculi, languishing, id. C. 1, 36, 17; cf.: ille in Venerem est putris, Pers. 5, 58: anima, i. q. senilis, withered, old, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 67.

pūtesco and pūtisco, pūtŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [puteo], to rot, putrefy, Cato, R. R. 3, 4: quod si minus idoneae tempestates sint consecutae, putescere semina soleant, Varr. R. R. 1, 34, 1; Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 64, 160; id. Tusc. 1, 43, 102: cur Ajax putescit, Hor. S. 2, 3, 194; Cels. 2, 30 (al. putrescit): non aliā (muriā) quam qua Byzantia putuit orca, has become soaked, imbued with, Hor. S. 2, 4, 66.

pŭtĕum, i, v. puteus init.

pŭtĕus, i, m.

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  1. I. neutr. collat. form of the plur. pŭtĕa, ōrum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 4) [root pu-, to cleanse; whence also purus, putus, purgo], a well: puteum fodere, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 32: ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; id. Div. 1, 50, 112: virgines se in puteos abjecisse, id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80; 37, 9, 43, § 127; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; 5, 6, 25: putei perennes, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15: puteum vitare patentem, id. ib. 2, 2, 135 et saep.
    Of a cistern, Auct. B. Alex. 5 fin.
    Prov.: in puteum conicere, to throw away, Petr. 42.
  2. II. Transf., a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231; for storing grain in, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2; in mines, a pit, shaft, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; 33, 6, 31, § 95; an air-shaft, air-hole, Vitr. 8, 6; a dungeon for slaves, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 21; 2, 7, 3; Col. 1, 6.