pūtresco (not in Cic.; for in Tusc. 1, 3, putescat is the correct read.), ĕre
* V. inch. n. [putreo].
* To grow rotten or putrid, to rot, putrefy, moulder, decay: ne ungulae putrescant,Varr. R. R. 2, 5: vestis putrescit,Hor. S. 2, 3, 119: dentes,Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 101: malus,Pall. 3, 25, 15: medullae, Prud. στεφ. 4, 131: cicatrices,Vulg. Psa. 37, 5.
* To become loose or friable, Col. 2, 11, 3; 3, 11, 7; 11, 2, 61; 11, 3, 56.
* Trop., to fall into contempt, become disgusting: et nomen impiorum putrescet,Vulg. Prov. 10, 7; id. Jer. 13, 9.

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