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putire
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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pūtīre, from a change in conjugation of Latin pūteō (“to stink”), from Proto-Italic *pūtēō, derived from a form *pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European *puHtós, derived from the root *puH- (“rotten, foul”).
Pronunciation
Verb
putìre (first-person singular present putìsco or pùto, first-person singular past historic putìi, past participle putìto, auxiliary avére) (literary) [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to stink
- Synonyms: (literary) fetere, (jocular) olezzare, puzzare
- Antonyms: odorare, (literary) olezzare, (obsolete, poetic) olire, profumare
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 10–12; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Grandine grossa, acqua tinta e neve
per l’aere tenebroso si riversa;
pute la terra che questo riceve.- Huge hail, and water sombre-hued, and snow, athwart the tenebrous air pour down amain; noisome the earth is, that receives this.
- (intransitive, figurative) to be disgusting
- (intransitive, figurative) to arouse suspicion
Conjugation
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Further reading
- putire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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