LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

putreō

putreō (present infinitive putrēre, perfect active putruī)
Classical[ˈpʊ.tre.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuː.tre.o]

Meaning

  1. to be rotten, decaying, putrid
  2. to be festering

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.putreōputrēbamputrēbōputruīputrueramputruerō
2nd sg.putrēsputrēbāsputrēbisputruistīputruerāsputrueris
3rd sg.putretputrēbatputrēbitputruitputrueratputruerit
1st pl.putrēmusputrēbāmusputrēbimusputruimusputruerāmusputruerimus
2nd pl.putrētisputrēbātisputrēbitisputruistisputruerātisputrueritis
3rd pl.putrentputrēbantputrēbuntputruērunt
putruēre		putruerantputruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.putreamputrēremputruerimputruissem
2nd sg.putreāsputrērēsputruerīsputruissēs
3rd sg.putreatputrēretputrueritputruisset
1st pl.putreāmusputrērēmusputruerīmusputruissēmus
2nd pl.putreātisputrērētisputruerītisputruissētis
3rd pl.putreantputrērentputruerintputruissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.putrē—
pres. 2nd pl.putrēte—
fut. 2nd sg.putrētō—
fut. 3rd sg.putrētō—
fut. 2nd pl.putrētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.putrentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveputrēre—
perfect infinitiveputruisse—
present participleputrēns—
gerundputrendī, putrendō, putrendum

pū^trĕo, ēre, v. n. puter,
I. to be rotten or putrid (ante-class.), Pac. ap. Non. 159, 19; Att. ib. 159, 21.

Origins

From puter (“rotten, decaying”) + -eō, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-; compare Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “discharge from a sore”), πύθω (púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl (“foul”).

Descendants
  • Vulgar Latin*putrīre

In English words that came into English from putreō

  • putridputridus
  • putrescibleputrescere
  • putrescenceputrēscentia
  • antiputrescentantiputrēscēns
  • putredinousputredo

Quick answers

What does putreō mean in Latin?
putreō, a verb, means “to be rotten, decaying, putrid; to be festering”.
What are the principal parts of putreō?
putreō, putrēre, putruī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce putreō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpʊ.tre.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpuː.tre.o].
Which English words come from putreō?
English words that go back to Latin putreō include putrid, putrescible, putrescence, putredinous and antiputrescent.