putrefying

putrefying
adj.
Ar. and P. σαπρός.

putrefying (adj.): pŭter and putris, tris, tre: cf. Ov. F. 1, 379, fervent examina (of bees) putri de bove (Virg. has for the same, liquefacta boum per viscera, G. 4, 555) cf. Curt. 9, 3, 10, corpora tot cicatricibus putria (said rhetorically of living persons but may be used for putrefying wounds): cf. PUTRESCENT, PUTRID.