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pū̆trēdo, ĭnis, f. [putreo],

  1. I. rottenness, putridity (late Lat.): vulnerum, festering, App. M. 9, p. 222, 37; Prud. Cath. 9, 31; Macr. S. 1, 17, 57; Veg. 2, 44, 2; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 26.
  2. II. Trop.: aufer meorum putredines peccatorum, Ambros. in Luc. 5, 27.

pū̆trēdŭlus (pū̆trīd-), a, um, adj. [putredo], corrupt, foul (late Lat.): voces, Amm. 22, 16, 16.

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].

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

pū̆trĕo, ēre, v. n. [puter], to be rotten or putrid (ante-class.), Pac. ap. Non. 159, 19; Att. ib. 159, 21.

pū̆tresco (not in Cic.; for in Tusc. 1, 3, putescat is the correct read.), ĕre, v. inch. n. [putreo].

  1. I. To grow rotten or putrid, to rot, putrefy, moulder, decay: ne ungulae putrescant, Varr. R. R. 2, 5: vestis putrescit, Hor. S. 2, 3, 119: dentes, Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 101: malus, Pall. 3, 25, 15: medullae, Prud. στεφ. 4, 131: cicatrices, Vulg. Psa. 37, 5.
  2. II. To become loose or friable, Col. 2, 11, 3; 3, 11, 7; 11, 2, 61; 11, 3, 56.
  3. III. Trop., to fall into contempt, become disgusting: et nomen impiorum putrescet, Vulg. Prov. 10, 7; id. Jer. 13, 9.