putidus

Latin

Etymology

From pūteō (“I stink”, “I am rotten or putrid”) +‎ -idus (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.tɪ.dʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.t̪i.d̪us]

Adjective

pūtidus (feminine pūtida, neuter pūtidum, comparative pūtidior, superlative pūtidissimus, adverb pūtidē); first/second-declension adjective

(literally) rotten, decaying, spoiled, fetid
1. (of a wound) festering, infected, purulent, suppurating
2. (without the attendant notion of decay or infection) stinking, reeking, foul, mephitic
(transferred senses)
1. (derogatory, of persons) old, half-rotten, withered, decrepit
  1. (of persons’ minds) addled, worn-out
2. (of actions, utterances, etc.) tiresome, wearisome, objectionable, vexatious, offensive, disagreeable, disgusting
  1. (of language) unnatural, affected, stilted, pedantic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	pūtidus	pūtida	pūtidum	pūtidī	pūtidae	pūtida
genitive	pūtidī	pūtidae	pūtidī	pūtidōrum	pūtidārum	pūtidōrum
dative	pūtidō	pūtidae	pūtidō	pūtidīs
accusative	pūtidum	pūtidam	pūtidum	pūtidōs	pūtidās	pūtida
ablative	pūtidō	pūtidā	pūtidō	pūtidīs
vocative	pūtide	pūtida	pūtidum	pūtidī	pūtidae	pūtida

Derived terms

pūtidē
pūtidiusculus
pūtidulus

Descendants

Catalan: púdol
Italian: putido
Old Spanish: pudio

References

“pūtĭdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“putidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pūtĭdus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,281/3.
“pūtidus” on page 1,526/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)