puteo, putere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · variant: 1st · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stink, be rotten/putrid; smell bad; rot/decompose (in such a way as to stink);
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | puteo | putemus |
| 2 | putes | putetis |
| 3 | putet | putent |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | putere |
| passive | present | puteri |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | pute | putete |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | puteto | putetote |
| 3 | puteto | putento |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | putere | putemini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | putetor | — |
| 3 | putetor | putentor |
Participles
Present Active Participle
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | putentia |
| Acc. | putens | putentia |
| Voc. | — | putentia |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | putendus | — |
| Gen. | putendi | — |
| Dat. | putendo | — |
| Acc. | putendum | — |
| Voc. | putende | — |
| Abl. | putendo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | putenda | — |
| Gen. | putendae | — |
| Dat. | putendae | — |
| Acc. | putendam | — |
| Voc. | putenda | — |
| Abl. | putenda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | putendum | — |
| Gen. | putendi | — |
| Dat. | putendo | — |
| Acc. | putendum | — |
| Voc. | putendum | — |
| Abl. | putendo | — |
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...umbra hic usquamst, nisi si in puteo quaepiamst. TR. Quid, Sarsinatis ecqua est, si Vmbram non habes..." - T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...custodem erus addidit miles meus. nam ex uno puteo similior numquam potis aqua aquai sumi quam haec..." - T
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tenebrae ibi erant [tam]quam in puteo: dum senex abest, decumbe inquam. Conloco fulcio mollio blandior Vt prior..." - T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...maxuma est. nisi unum hoc faciam, ut in puteo cenam coquant: inde coctam sursum subducemus corbulis. si autem..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...divini creduis post hunc diem, ni ego illi puteo, si occepso, animam omnem intertraxero. AMPH. Sequere..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quasi concrescit, fit scilicet ut coeundo exprimat in puteos si quem gerit ipsa calorem. Esse apud Hammonis fanum..." - L
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...colossus magnitudinem suam servabit etiam si steterit in puteo. Hoc laboramus errore, sic nobis inponitur, quod neminem aestimamus..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...pater, dixit: ubicumque est, bibit; at ille in puteo mortuus est inventus". Aliena quae sunt dubia numquam possunt..."