[2099] pūtēsco (pūtīsco), tuī, ere (puteo), in Verwesung (Fäulnis) übergehen, faul-, moderig (dumpfig) –, muffig werden, vermodern, verwesen, si (olea) in terra nimium diu erit, putescet, Cato r. r. 3, 4: quod si minus idoneae tempestates sint consecutae, putescere semina soleant, Varro r. r. 1, 34, 1: muria non alia quam quā Byzantia putuit orca, Hor. sat. 2, 4, 65 sq.: aqua dura, id est ea quae tarde putescit, Cels. 2, 30: post mortem fore ut putescat (homo) corpore posto, Lucr. 3, 869: puticulae, quod putescebant ibi cadavera proiecta, Varro LL. 5, 25: cum (tauri) mox futura sint stercora et exigui temporis contractā interiectione putescant, Arnob. 7, 17: ne (sus) putesceret od. putisceret, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 160 u. danach Cic. de fin. 5, 38: cur Aiax putescit, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 194: Theodori quidem nihil interest, humine an sublime putescat, Cic. Tusc. 1, 102. Vgl. Lachm. Lucr. 3, 871. p. 188. Madvig Cic. de fin. 5, 38. Kühner Cic. Tusc. 1, 102 u. unten den Artikel putresco.