rot (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.1. pūtesco, pūtresco, or pūtisco, putui, 32. putrĕfio, factus, fĭĕri3. frăcesco, frăcui, 3 (to grow soft and ferment as fruit does)4. tābesco, tābui, 35. corrumpor (pass.)B. Trans.1. putrĕfăcio, 32. pĕrĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, 33. corrumpo, 3 (to spoil in any way) • rot (v.): A. Intrans.: To be rotten: 1. pūtesco, pūtresco, or pūtisco, putui, 3: the olive will r., olea putescet, Cato R. R. 3: to prevent the pig from r.ing, ne putisceret (sus), Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160: Hor. S. 2, 3, 119. 2. putrĕfio, factus, fĭĕri: Ov. Met. 15, 389. so that the seeds may r., ut semina putrefiant, Pallad. 1, 33. 3. frăcesco, frăcui, 3 (to grow soft and ferment as fruit does): Varr. R. R. 1, 55: Cato R. R. 128. 4. tābesco, tābui, 3: Lucr. 3, 580. 5. corrumpor (pass.): I am r.ing with neglect, corrumpor situ, Pl. Truc. 5, 23. B. Trans.: 1. putrĕfăcio, 3: the house is open to be r.'d by the rain, tectum patere putrefaciendum imbribus, Liv. 42, 3: the ground r.s the seeds placed therein, terra putrefacit deposita semina, Col. 3, 12, 1. 2. pĕrĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, 3: the skin covers the bones after the limbs have been r.'d away, membris cutis tegit ossa peresis, Sil. 14, 605. 3. corrumpo, 3 (to spoil in any way): v. to spoil.