putrescit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →putresco, putrescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rot, putrefy, be in a state of decay;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...omnia commutat natura et vertere cogit. namque aliud putrescit et aevo debile languet, porro aliud [suc]crescit..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...detracta cani transtiberina cutis, pullus abortiuo nec cum putrescit in ouo, amphora corrupto nec uitiata garo. Virus..."VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sepulcro lege praescribitur, dum dantur legitima dicentibus tempora, putrescit interim corpus, nec tutum in sicco iacet: cadaver..."