pŭter and pūtris, tris, tre
* Adjj. [puteo], rotten, decaying, putrefying, stinking, putrid.
* Lit.: palus puter,fetid,Varr. R. R. 1, 8: navis,Prop. 2, 19, 43 (3, 20, 7): fanum, mouldering from age, ruined, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 49: poma,rotten,Ov. M. 7, 585: fervent examina putri De bove,rotten, putrefying,id. F. 1, 379: viscera,id. M. 15, 365: corpora cicatricibus putria,Curt. 9, 3, 10; cf.: si ulcus magis putre est,Cels. 5, 26, 33: vomicae,Juv. 13, 95: putres artus et tabida cruore manantia membra,Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 5: artus,Sil. 13, 464: cadavera, putri liquentia tabo, id. 13, 487: moles,id. 3, 643.
* Transf., in gen., loose, crumbling, friable, mellow, soft, flabby, etc.: glaeba,crumbling,Verg. G. 1, 44: tellus,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 39.campus,Verg. A. 8, 596: harena,Stat. S. 4, 3, 126; Luc. 8, 830: ager pinguis ac putris,Col. 2, 1: solum,id. 2, 10, 18; Verg. G. 2, 204: lapis,friable,Plin. Ep. 10, 39 (48), 2: mammae,flabby,Hor. Epod. 8, 7: oculi,languishing,id. C. 1, 36, 17; cf.: ille in Venerem est putris,Pers. 5, 58: anima, i. q. senilis,withered, old,Prop. 4 (5), 5, 67.

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