putridus

Latin

Etymology

From putreō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʊ.trɪ.dʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.t̪ri.d̪us]

Adjective

putridus (feminine putrida, neuter putridum); first/second-declension adjective

rotten, decayed, putrid
withered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	putridus	putrida	putridum		putridī	putridae	putrida
genitive	putridī	putridae	putridī		putridōrum	putridārum	putridōrum
dative	putridō	putridae	putridō		putridīs
accusative	putridum	putridam	putridum		putridōs	putridās	putrida
ablative	putridō	putridā	putridō		putridīs
vocative	putride	putrida	putridum		putridī	putridae	putrida

Synonyms

puter, pūtidus

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: putrid
- Romanian: putred
Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: pruto (Sora)
Vulgar Latin: *putricus (see there for further descendants)
Borrowings:
- → English: putrid
- → French: putride
- → Italian: putrido
- → Portuguese: pútrido
- → Romanian: putrid
- → Spanish: pútrido

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŭtrĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 643

Further reading

“putridus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“putridus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
putridus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.