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pū̆trĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a., and in pass. pū̆trĕfīo, factus, fieri (collat. form of the part. pass. putefactus, Prud. στεφ. 10, 1035) [putreo-facio].
- I. To make rotten, to cause to putrefy; and pass., to become rotten, to putrefy: umor putrefacit deposita semina, Col. 3, 12, 1: stellionem in oleo, Plin. 29, 4, 28, § 90: ut spinarum semina putrefiant, Pall. 1, 33, 1; 10, 9: bove putrefacto, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5; Lucr. 2, 895: nudatum tectum patere imbribus putrefaciendum, Liv. 42, 3: putrefacta est spina, Ov. M. 15, 389.
- II. To make friable, to soften: ardentia saxa infuso aceto putrefaciunt, Liv. 21, 37, 2.
pū̆trĕfactio, ōnis, f. [putrefacio], a rotting (late Lat.), Aug. Ep. 147.
pū̆trĕfīo, factus, fieri, v. putrefacio.