LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

putridus

putridus (feminine putrida, neuter putridum)
Classical[ˈpʊ.trɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuː.tri.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverotten, decayed, putrid
  2. adjectivewithered

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeputridusputridaputridum
genitiveputridīputridaeputridī
dativeputridōputridaeputridō
accusativeputridumputridamputridum
ablativeputridōputridāputridō
vocativeputrideputridaputridum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeputridīputridaeputrida
genitiveputridōrumputridārumputridōrum
dativeputridīsputridīsputridīs
accusativeputridōsputridāsputrida
ablativeputridīsputridīsputridīs
vocativeputridīputridaeputrida

pū^trĭdus, a, um, adj. putreo.
I. Rotten, corrupt, decayed: dentes, Cic. Pis. 1, 1: nimis jam putrida membra, Luc. 2, 141: si quid in nucleo putridi fuerit, Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88: cadaver, Vulg. Isa. 14, 19.—
II. Withered: pectora, Cat. 64, 352; cf. Hor. Epod. 8, 7.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *puH-der. Latin puter Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin putreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin putridus From putreō + -idus.

Borrowings
  • Englishputrid
  • Frenchputride
  • Italianputrido
  • Portuguesepútrido
  • Romanianputrid
  • Spanishpútrido
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianputred
  • Aromanianputrid
Italo-Romance
  • Neapolitanpruto
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*putricus

Quick answers

What does putridus mean in Latin?
putridus, a adjective, means “rotten, decayed, putrid; withered”.
How do you pronounce putridus?
In classical Latin, [ˈpʊ.trɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpuː.tri.dus].