putesco

Latin

Alternative forms

pūtīscō

Etymology

From pūteō (“I stink, am rotten, am putrid”) +‎ -scō (inchoative suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [puːˈteːs.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [puˈt̪ɛs.ko]

Verb

pūtēscō (present infinitive pūtēscere, perfect active pūtuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to rot, decay, putrefy

Usage notes

Manuscripts often show confusion between this verb and putrēscō.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pūtēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pūtēscō		pūtēscis		pūtēscit		pūtēscimus		pūtēscitis		pūtēscunt
	imperfect	pūtēscēbam		pūtēscēbās		pūtēscēbat		pūtēscēbāmus		pūtēscēbātis		pūtēscēbant
	future	pūtēscam		pūtēscēs		pūtēscet		pūtēscēmus		pūtēscētis		pūtēscent
	perfect	pūtuī		pūtuistī		pūtuit		pūtuimus		pūtuistis		pūtuērunt, pūtuēre
	pluperfect	pūtueram		pūtuerās		pūtuerat		pūtuerāmus		pūtuerātis		pūtuerant
	future perfect	pūtuerō		pūtueris		pūtuerit		pūtuerimus		pūtueritis		pūtuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pūtēscam		pūtēscās		pūtēscat		pūtēscāmus		pūtēscātis		pūtēscant
	imperfect	pūtēscerem		pūtēscerēs		pūtēsceret		pūtēscerēmus		pūtēscerētis		pūtēscerent
	perfect	pūtuerim		pūtuerīs		pūtuerit		pūtuerīmus		pūtuerītis		pūtuerint
	pluperfect	pūtuissem		pūtuissēs		pūtuisset		pūtuissēmus		pūtuissētis		pūtuissent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pūtēsce		—		—		pūtēscite		—
active	future	—		pūtēscitō		pūtēscitō		—		pūtēscitōte		pūtēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		pūtēscere			—			pūtēscēns			—
perfect		pūtuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pūtēscendī		pūtēscendō		pūtēscendum		pūtēscendō		—		—

References

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