putresco Latin · revision 9364

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la puter}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pʊˈtreːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [puˈtrɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''putrēscō''' (present infinitive putrēscere, perfect active putruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[putris]] or [[putreō]] “to be rotten” with the inchoative suffix [[-ēscō]], from [[puter]] “rotten, crumbling”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD and Gaffiot cite Varro, of decay.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to decay, rot, putrefy, especially with a bad smell, of organic things, as in Varro and Horace; of inorganic things, to crumble, moulder with age, as in Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note that it is not in Cicero, where the right reading is ''pūtēscat''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to become rotten, putrid, disgusting.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''putrire'' and French ''pourrir''.^(Wiktionary) French ''pot pourri'' “rotten pot”, from the participle of ''pourrir'', gave [[en|potpourri]] in the 1610s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of crumbling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''potpourri'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|rot]], decay, [[m|en|putrefy]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To crumble, [[m|en|moulder]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[computrēscō]]

+ * [[imputrescō]]

+ * [[perputrescō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[puter]]

+ * [[putreō]]

+ * [[putridus]]

+ * [[en|potpourri]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}