suppurate Copy link Outline 1. suppūro, 1 (to form pus under the skin)2. expr. by pus, pūris, n., with a verb • suppurate: 1. suppūro, 1 (to form pus under the skin): Cels.: v. to fester. 2. expr. by pus, pūris, n., with a verb: (the wound) s.s below the joint, pus infra articulum nascitur, Cels. 5, 26, 28: the clotted blood s.s, sanguis concretus in pus vertitur, ib. § 23. So by hūmor: if the wound s., si quid intus [purulenti] humoris concreverit, ib. paulo infr.: cf. ib. § 31, ex nigro ulcere h. pallidus fertur.