putrefacio

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.treˈfa.ki.oː/, [pʊt̪rɛˈfäkioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.treˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [put̪reˈfäːt͡ʃio]

Verb

putrefaciō (present infinitive putrefacere, perfect active putrefēcī, supine putrefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

to rot or putrefy

Conjugation

Conjugation of putrefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	putrefaciō	putrefacis	putrefacit	putrefacimus	putrefacitis	putrefaciunt
	imperfect	putrefaciēbam	putrefaciēbās	putrefaciēbat	putrefaciēbāmus	putrefaciēbātis	putrefaciēbant
	future	putrefaciam	putrefaciēs	putrefaciet	putrefaciēmus	putrefaciētis	putrefacient
	perfect	putrefēcī	putrefēcistī	putrefēcit	putrefēcimus	putrefēcistis	putrefēcērunt, putrefēcēre
	pluperfect	putrefēceram	putrefēcerās	putrefēcerat	putrefēcerāmus	putrefēcerātis	putrefēcerant
	future perfect	putrefēcerō	putrefēceris	putrefēcerit	putrefēcerimus	putrefēceritis	putrefēcerint
passive	present	putrefīō	putrefīs	putrefit	putrefīmus	putrefītis	putrefīunt
	imperfect	putrefīēbam	putrefīēbās	putrefīēbat	putrefīēbāmus	putrefīēbātis	putrefīēbant
	future	putrefīam	putrefīēs	putrefīet	putrefīēmus	putrefīētis	putrefīent
	perfect	putrefactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	putrefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	putrefactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	putrefaciam	putrefaciās	putrefaciat	putrefaciāmus	putrefaciātis	putrefaciant
	imperfect	putrefacerem	putrefacerēs	putrefaceret	putrefacerēmus	putrefacerētis	putrefacerent
	perfect	putrefēcerim	putrefēcerīs	putrefēcerit	putrefēcerīmus	putrefēcerītis	putrefēcerint
	pluperfect	putrefēcissem	putrefēcissēs	putrefēcisset	putrefēcissēmus	putrefēcissētis	putrefēcissent
passive	present	putrefīam	putrefīās	putrefīat	putrefīāmus	putrefīātis	putrefīant
	imperfect	putrefierem	putrefierēs	putrefieret	putrefierēmus	putrefierētis	putrefierent
	perfect	putrefactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	putrefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	putreface	—	—	putrefacite	—
active	future	—	putrefacitō	putrefacitō	—	putrefacitōte	putrefaciuntō
passive	present	—	putrefī	—	—	putrefīte	—
passive	future	—	putrefītō	putrefītō	—	putrefītōte	putrefīuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		putrefacere	putrefēcisse	putrefactūrum esse	putrefierī	putrefactum esse	putrefactum īrī
participles		putrefaciēns	—	putrefactūrus	—	putrefactus	putrefaciendus, putrefaciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		putrefaciendī	putrefaciendō	putrefaciendum	putrefaciendō	putrefactum	putrefactū

Derived terms

putrefactiō

Descendants

Italian: putrefare
Portuguese: putrefazer

References

“putrefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“putrefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
putrefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.