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putrefacio

putrefacio, to make rotten, cause to putrefy, rot

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putrefactum Adjective: neuter nominative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine genitive plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter nominative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter genitive plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter accusative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter vocative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine accusative singular of putrefacio

See putrefactum in Morpho

pū̆trĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a., and in pass. pū̆trĕfīo, 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.

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