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
- T
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..."- M
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..."