Ido

Noun

puteo (plural putei)

1. well (water source)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pu-; compare Sanskrit पूयति ‎(pūyati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πῦον ‎(pûon, “discharge from a sore”), πύθω ‎(púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 ‎(fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl ‎(“foul”), perhaps ultimately echoic of a natural exclamation of disgust or abhorrence.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.te.oː/, [ˈpʊ.te.oː]

Verb

puteō ‎(present infinitive putēre); second conjugation, no perfect

1. I stink, am rotten, putrid.

Inflection

Derived terms

• putidus
• putium
• putor

Related terms

• puter

Descendants

References

• puteo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puteo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “puteo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

puteo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of putear.