putus
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *putos, from Proto-Indo-European *puHtós, from *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Cognate with pūrus, Sanskrit पूत (pūtá).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.tus/, [ˈpʊt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.tus/, [ˈpuːt̪us]
Adjective
putus (feminine puta, neuter putum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | putus | puta | putum | putī | putae | puta | |
| Genitive | putī | putae | putī | putōrum | putārum | putōrum | |
| Dative | putō | putō | putīs | ||||
| Accusative | putum | putam | putum | putōs | putās | puta | |
| Ablative | putō | putā | putō | putīs | |||
| Vocative | pute | puta | putum | putī | putae | puta | |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Earlier conjecture/variant reading in Pseudo-Virgil's Catalepton, where more recent editions read Pothus (“Desire”), i.e. personified Ancient Greek πόθος (póthos).[1] The word would match the base form of pusillus, putillus (see the former for details) as well as a number of Italic and Indo-European cognates. For this reason it has found a circulation in etymological works and is included as a headword by De Vaan,[2] but the single attestation is spurious, making this a ghost word. See Proto-Italic *putlos and Latin puer, pūsus, pullus.
Noun
putus m (genitive putī); second declension