adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
pūtidus
pūtidus (feminine pūtida, neuter pūtidum, comparative pūtidior, superlative pūtidissimus, adverb pūtidē)
Classical[ˈpuː.tɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuː.ti.dus]
Meaning
- adjectiveliterallyfestering, infected, purulent, suppurating
- adjectiveliterallystinking, reeking, foul, mephitic
- adjectivederogatoryold, half-rotten, withered, decrepit
- adjectivederogatoryaddled, worn-out
- adjectiveusuallytiresome, wearisome, objectionable, vexatious, offensive, disagreeable, disgusting
- adjectiveusuallyunnatural, affected, stilted, pedantic
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūtidus | pūtida | pūtidum |
| genitive | pūtidī | pūtidae | pūtidī |
| dative | pūtidō | pūtidae | pūtidō |
| accusative | pūtidum | pūtidam | pūtidum |
| ablative | pūtidō | pūtidā | pūtidō |
| vocative | pūtide | pūtida | pūtidum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūtidī | pūtidae | pūtida |
| genitive | pūtidōrum | pūtidārum | pūtidōrum |
| dative | pūtidīs | pūtidīs | pūtidīs |
| accusative | pūtidōs | pūtidās | pūtida |
| ablative | pūtidīs | pūtidīs | pūtidīs |
| vocative | pūtidī | pūtidae | pūtida |
pūtĭdus, a, um, adj. puteo,
I. rotten, decaying, stinking, fetid (syn. foetidus).
I. Lit.:
caro, Cic. Pis. 9, 19: aper, Mart. 3, 50, 8: fungus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 23: frons, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 55: uvae, Varr. ap. Non. 152, 23: vinum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 125: putidae naves et sentinosae, Cato ap. Non. 152, 25: navis, Caecil. ib. 152, 26: paries pictus, Afran. ib. 152, 28.—II. Transf.
A. In contemptuous lang., of old, half-rotten, withered persons:
homo putide, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 44: moecha, Cat. 43, 11; so, femina, Hor. Epod. 8, 1.—Comp.: putidius cerebrum, more withered, rotten, addled, Hor. S. 2, 3, 75.—B. Of style, unnatural, disagreeable, affected, disgusting:
cum etiam Demosthenes exagitetur ut putidus, Cic. Or. 8, 27: molesta et putida videri, id. de Or. 3, 13, 51: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, id. Off. 1, 37, 133: vereor, ne putidum sit scribere ad te, quam sim occupatus, id. Att. 1, 14, 1.—Sup.: jactatio putidissima, Petr. 73.—Hence, adv.: pūtĭdē, disgustingly, disagreeably, affectedly: dicere, Cic. Brut. 82, 284: loqui, Sen. Ep. 75, 1.—Comp.: nolo exprimi litteras putidius, nolo obscurari neglegentius, too precisely, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pūtidus adj. with comp.
2 PV-, rotten, decaying, stinking, fetid : caro.—Of persons, rotten, withered : longo saeculo, H.: Putidius cerebrum, more addled , H.—Of style, affected, disgusting .
Origins
From pūteō (“to stink”, “to be rotten or putrid”) + -idus (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).
Descendants
- Catalanpúdol
- Catalanpuda
- Catalanpútid
- Italianputido
- Old Spanishpudio