purulentus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pūrŭlentus, a, um, adj. [pus],

festering , mattery , purulent : cancer albus purulentus est, Cato R. R. 157; Cels. 2, 8; Plin. 22, 11, 13, § 28; 27, 12, 105, § 130; Sen. Ep. 95, 26.— Absol. : pūrŭlenta , ōrum, n., corrupt matter , pus , Plin. 20, 2, 5, § 10; 20, 4, 13, § 26.—Adv.: pūrŭlentē , purulently , Plin. 23, prooem. 3, § 7.