putredo

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

pū̆trēdo, ĭnis, f. [putreo],

I rottenness , putridity (late Lat.): vulnerum, festering , Ap. Met. 9, 13, 5; Prud. Cath. 9, 31; Macr. S. 1, 17, 57; Veg. 2, 44, 2; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 26.—

II Trop.: aufer meorum putredines peccatorum, Ambros. in Luc. 5, 27.