septicus

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

sēptĭcus, a, um, adj., = σηπτικός,

producing a putrefaction , putrefying , septic : vis, Plin. 30, 4, 10, § 291 (Jahn, smecticus): dos, id. 34, 18, 55, § 177.