Adjective: putus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | putus |
| Singular fem. | puta |
| Singular neut. | putum |
| Plural masc. | putī |
| Plural fem. | putae |
| Plural neut. | puta |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | putī |
| Singular fem. | putae |
| Singular neut. | putī |
| Plural masc. | putōrum |
| Plural fem. | putārum |
| Plural neut. | putōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | putō |
| Singular fem. | putae |
| Singular neut. | putō |
| Plural masc. | putīs |
| Plural fem. | putīs |
| Plural neut. | putīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | putum |
| Singular fem. | putam |
| Singular neut. | putum |
| Plural masc. | putōs |
| Plural fem. | putās |
| Plural neut. | puta |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | putō |
| Singular fem. | putā |
| Singular neut. | putō |
| Plural masc. | putīs |
| Plural fem. | putīs |
| Plural neut. | putīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | pute |
| Singular fem. | puta |
| Singular neut. | putum |
| Plural masc. | putī |
| Plural fem. | putae |
| Plural neut. | puta |
Comparison
Sample Sentences
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In foedere quod inter populum Rōmānum et Carthāginiēnsēs factum est, scrīptum invenītur, ut Carthāginiēnsēs quotannīs populō Rōmānō darent certum pondus argentī pūrī putī, quaesītumque est, quid esset pūrum putum. respondī ego putum esse valdē pūrum. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [1st century BCE, P. Alfenus Varus, Aulus Gellius' Noctes Atticae 7.5.1]
Adjectives inflected like putus
palmātus,
rēctangulus,
ursīnus,
palmōsus,
negātōrius,
Cimmerius,
fēlīnus,
deltoīdeus,
flūctifragus,
Colōnēus,
recordātīvus,
erēmīticus,
nūnciātōrius,
idōneus,
carcinophagus,
servus,
sentus,
imāginōsus,
chelīdonius,
foetulentus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Uncertain. Potentially from earlier *ph₁u-tós or *ph₂u-tós, alternatively from *puHtós if pretonic shortening ("Dybo's law") affected words of this shape (however, Schrijver argues that such shortening in Latin was likely restricted to cases where a liquid followed the vowel, citing invītus as counterevidence). Zair doubts that Schrijver is correct to distinguish between outcomes of preconsonantal *CHu- and *CuH-, arguing that *CHu- probably became *CuH- by metathesis already in Proto-Indo-European.
2. Based on the meaning of the derived verb putō, the original sense of the adjective is assumed to have been "cut" or "cut off". Schrijver proposes this developed along the lines of "pruned" > "cleansed" > "clean, pure".
3. *Possibly from a root *peh₂w- (“to hit, strike”) shared with paviō (“to beat, strike”) and Ancient Greek παίω (paíō). De Vaan cites Janda 2000, who postulates that *peh₂w- was extended from an earlier root *peh₂-, and that pūrus (“pure”) and Proto-Indo-European *puHrós (“wheat/a type of grain”) are also cognate. The "strike" root has alternatively been reconstructed as going back to an earlier *pyeh₂w-.
4. *In contrast, Schrijver derives putus from earlier *ph₁u-tós, from a root *peh₁w- (“to cut”), distinct both from the root of paviō (which Schriver derives from *peh₂w- (“to hit, strike”)) and from the root of pūrus (which Schrijver derives from *puh₂-, from a root *ph₂u- related to the PIE word for fire (see *péh₂wr̥ (“fire”). Schrijver rejects the comparison of Latin putus and Sanskrit पूत (pūtá).
Verbs referencing "putus"
Catalan Adjectives
puta, Portuguese Adjectives
puta, Latin Adjectives
purus.
Translations