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pūtesco and pūtisco , pūtŭi, 3,
I.v. inch. n. [puteo], to rot, putrefy, Cato, R. R. 3, 4: “quod si minus idoneae tempestates sint consecutae, putescere semina soleant,Varr. R. R. 1, 34, 1; Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 64, 160; id. Tusc. 1, 43, 102: “cur Ajax putescit,Hor. S. 2, 3, 194; Cels. 2, 30 (al. putrescit): “non aliā (muriā) quam qua Byzantia putuit orca,has become soaked, imbued with, Hor. S. 2, 4, 66.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.194
    • Horace, Satires, 2.4.66
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.30
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.13
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.64
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.43
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