putidus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom pūteō (“I stink”, “I am rotten or putrid”) + -idus (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.ti.dus/, [ˈpuːt̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ti.dus/, [ˈpuːt̪id̪us]
Adjective
editpūtidus (feminine pūtida, neuter pūtidum, comparative pūtidior, superlative pūtidissimus, adverb pūtidē); first/second-declension adjective
- (literally) rotten, decaying, spoiled, fetid
- (transferred senses):
- (in contemptuous language, of persons) old, half-rotten, withered, decrepit
- (of actions, utterances, etc.) tiresome, wearisome, objectionable, vexatious, offensive, disagreeable, disgusting
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | pūtidus | pūtida | pūtidum | pūtidī | pūtidae | pūtida | |
Genitive | pūtidī | pūtidae | pūtidī | pūtidōrum | pūtidārum | pūtidōrum | |
Dative | pūtidō | pūtidō | pūtidīs | ||||
Accusative | pūtidum | pūtidam | pūtidum | pūtidōs | pūtidās | pūtida | |
Ablative | pūtidō | pūtidā | pūtidō | pūtidīs | |||
Vocative | pūtide | pūtida | pūtidum | pūtidī | pūtidae | pūtida |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “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)