putto

See also: put to

English

From Italian putto (“cupid”), from Latin pūtus (“boy”).

putto (plural puttos or putti)

A representation, in a work of art (especially Renaissance or Baroque), of a small, naked, winged child; a cherub.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 14:
  The walls have ranks of white marble niches capped by huge marble scallops, and flanked by urns and flowers, drapes and putti.

representation of a naked, winged child

putto

Inflection of putto (Kotus type 1/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative		putto	putot
genitive		puton	puttojen
partitive		puttoa	puttoja
illative		puttoon	puttoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		putto	putot
accusative	nom.	putto	putot
accusative	gen.	puton	putot
genitive		puton	puttojen
partitive		puttoa	puttoja
inessive		putossa	putoissa
elative		putosta	putoista
illative		puttoon	puttoihin
adessive		putolla	putoilla
ablative		putolta	putoilta
allative		putolle	putoille
essive		puttona	puttoina
translative		putoksi	putoiksi
instructive		—	putoin
abessive		putotta	putoitta
comitative		—	puttoineen

putto m (plural putti)

putto m

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