paedor, ōris, m. [root pu-; Sanscr. pūje, to be rotten, stink; Gr. πύθομαι, πύον; cf. pus, puter, etc.], nastiness, filth (syn.: illuvies, sordes).
I Lit.: barba paedore horrida, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: membra horrida paedore, Lucr. 6, 126; plur., Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62: exuere paedorem, Tac. A. 6, 44: longus in carcere paedor, Luc. 2, 72; Sen. Agam. 991.—
II Transf., a stink , stench (post-class.): sine paedore, Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 24.