pudicus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pudet (it shames).

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Adjective[edit]

pudīcus (feminine pudīca, neuter pudīcum, comparative pudīcior, superlative pudīcissimus, adverb pudīcē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. chaste, pure, undefiled
  2. modest, shamefaced, bashful
  3. virtuous, honorable or honourable, faithful

Declension[edit]

Note that there is the alternative form pudīcabus for the dative and ablative, feminine plural pudīcīs. First/second-declension adjective.

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 pudīcō pudīcīs
Accusative pudīcum pudīcam pudīcum pudīcōs pudīcās pudīca
Ablative pudīcō pudīcā pudīcō pudīcīs
Vocative pudīce pudīca pudīcum pudīcī pudīcae pudīca

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Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: púdic
  • English: pudic
  • French: pudique
  • Galician: púdico
  • Italian: pudico
  • Portuguese: pudico
  • Romanian: pudic
  • Spanish: púdico

References[edit]

  • pudicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pudicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pudicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette