pūtĭdus, a, um, adj. [puteo], rotten, decaying, stinking, fetid (syn. foetidus).
I Lit.: caro, Cic. Pis. 9, 19: aper, Mart. 3, 50, 8: fungus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 23: frons, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 55: uvae, Varr. ap. Non. 152, 23: vinum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 125: putidae naves et sentinosae, Cato ap. Non. 152, 25: navis, Caecil. ib. 152, 26: paries pictus, Afran. ib. 152, 28.—
II Transf.
A In contemptuous lang., of old , half-rotten , withered persons: homo putide, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 44: moecha, Cat. 43, 11; so, femina, Hor. Epod. 8, 1.— Comp. : putidius cerebrum, more withered , rotten , addled , Hor. S. 2, 3, 75.—
B Of style, unnatural , disagreeable , affected , disgusting : cum etiam Demosthenes exagitetur ut putidus, Cic. Or. 8, 27: molesta et putida videri, id. de Or. 3, 13, 51: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, id. Off. 1, 37, 133: vereor, ne putidum sit scribere ad te, quam sim occupatus, id. Att. 1, 14, 1.— Sup. : jactatio putidissima, Petr. 73.—Hence, adv.: pūtĭdē , disgustingly , disagreeably , affectedly : dicere, Cic. Brut. 82, 284: loqui, Sen. Ep. 75, 1.— Comp. : nolo exprimi litteras putidius, nolo obscurari neglegentius, too precisely , Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41.