Latin

Adjective

pūtidus m ‎(feminine pūtida, neuter pūtidum); first/second declension

1. (literally) rotten, decaying, spoiled, fetid
   1. (of a wound) festering, infected, purulent, suppurating
   2. (without the attendant notion of decay or infection) stinking, reeking, foul, mephitic
2. (transferred senses):
   1. (in contemptuous language, of persons) old, half-rotten, withered, decrepit
      1. (of persons’ minds) addled, worn-out
   2. (of actions, utterances, etc.) tiresome, wearisome, objectionable, vexatious, offensive, disagreeable, disgusting
      1. (of written style, rhetorical composition, or pronunciation) unnatural, affected, stilted, pedantic

Declension

First/second declension.

• comparative pūtidior, superlative pūtidissimus

Derived terms

References

• pūtĭdus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• putidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pūtĭdus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,281/3.
• “pūtidus” on page 1,526/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)