putesco
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pūtesco: and pūtisco, pūtŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n. puteo, to rot, putrefy, Cato, R. R. 3, 4: quod si minus idoneae tempestates sint consecutae, putescere semina soleant, Varr. R. R. 1, 34, 1; Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 64, 160; id. Tusc. 1, 43, 102: cur Ajax putescit, Hor. S. 2, 3, 194; Cels. 2, 30 (al. putrescit): non aliā (muriā) quam qua Byzantia putuit orca, has become soaked, imbued with, Hor. S. 2, 4, 66.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pūtēscō¹⁴ et pūtīscō, tŭi, ĕre (puteo), intr., se corrompre, tomber en pourriture : Cato Agr. 3, 4 ; Varro R. 1, 34, 1 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 38 ; Tusc. 1, 102, etc. d. les mss souvent confusion avec putresco.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
