I.pass. pū^trĕfīo , factus, fieri (collat. form of the part. pass. putefactus, Prud. στεφ. 10, 1035) [putreo-facio].
I. To make rotten, to cause to putrefy; and pass., to become rotten, to putrefy: “umor putrefacit deposita semina,” Col. 3, 12, 1: “stellionem in oleo,” Plin. 29, 4, 28, § 90: “ut spinarum semina putrefiant,” Pall. 1, 33, 1; 10, 9: “bove putrefacto,” Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5; Lucr. 2, 895: “nudatum tectum patere imbribus putrefaciendum,” Liv. 42, 3: “putrefacta est spina,” Ov. M. 15, 389.—
II. To make friable, to soften: “ardentia saxa infuso aceto putrefaciunt,” Liv. 21, 37, 2.
