pudicus

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Inflection 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Related terms 1.3.6 Descendants 1.4 References

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From pudet (“‘it shames’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /puˈdiː.kus/

[edit] Adjective

pudīcus m. (feminine pudīca, neuter pudīcum); first/second declension

1. Chaste, pure, undefiled.
2. Modest, shamefaced, bashful.
3. Virtuous, honorable or honourable, faithful.

[edit] Inflection

Note that there is the alternative form pudīcabus for the dative and ablative, feminine plural pudīcīs.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	pudīcus	pudīca	pudīcum		pudīcī	pudīcae	pudīca
genitive	pudīcī	pudīcae	pudīcī		pudīcōrum	pudīcārum	pudīcōrum
dative	pudīcō	pudīcae	pudīcō		pudīcīs	pudīcīs	pudīcīs
accusative	pudīcum	pudīcam	pudīcum		pudīcōs	pudīcās	pudīca
ablative	pudīcō	pudīcā	pudīcō		pudīcīs	pudīcīs	pudīcīs
vocative	pudīce	pudīca	pudīcum		pudīcī	pudīcae	pudīca

• comparative: pudīcior, superlative: pudīcissimus

[edit] Synonyms

• (pure, chaste): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pūrus
• (shamefaced): pudēns, pudibundus, pudōrātus, pudōrōsus, suffūsus
• (virtuous): castus, honestus

[edit] Antonyms

• (pure, chaste): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus
• (virtuous, faithful): perfidus

[edit] Derived terms

• impudīcus
• pudīcē
• pudīcitia

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Descendants

English: pudic French: pudique Italian: pudico

Romanian: pudic Spanish: púdico

[edit] References

• “pudicus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)