putridus

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

pū̆trĭdus, a, um, adj. [putreo].

I Rotten , corrupt , decayed : dentes, Cic. Pis. 1, 1: nimis jam putrida membra, Luc. 2, 141: si quid in nucleo putridi fuerit, Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88: cadaver, Vulg. Isa. 14, 19.—

II Withered : pectora, Cat. 64, 352; cf. Hor. Epod. 8, 7.

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