putrefacio

putrefacio

Latin

Etymology

    From puter + faciō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    putrefaciō (present infinitive putrefacere, perfect active putrefēcī, supine putrefactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive

    1. to rot or putrefy

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italian: putrefare
    • Portuguese: putrefazer

    References

    • putrefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • putrefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • putrefacio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.