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pū^tresco (not in Cic.; for in Tusc. 1, 3, putescat is the correct read.), ĕre,
I.v. inch. n. [putreo].
I. To grow rotten or putrid, to rot, putrefy, moulder, decay: “ne ungulae putrescant,” Varr. R. R. 2, 5: “vestis putrescit,” Hor. S. 2, 3, 119: “dentes,” Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 101: “malus,” Pall. 3, 25, 15: medullae, Prud. στεφ. 4, 131: “cicatrices,” Vulg. Psa. 37, 5.—
II. To become loose or friable, Col. 2, 11, 3; 3, 11, 7; 11, 2, 61; 11, 3, 56.—
III. Trop., to fall into contempt, become disgusting: “et nomen impiorum putrescet,” Vulg. Prov. 10, 7; id. Jer. 13, 9.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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