(verb) : pūtrĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, , and in
* Pass.pūtrĕfīo, factus, fieri (collat. form of the part. pass. putefactus, Prud. στεφ. 10, 1035) [putreo-facio].
* 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.
* To make friable, to soften: ardentia saxa infuso aceto putrefaciunt,Liv. 21, 37, 2.

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