pudicus
Latin
Etymology
From pudet (“it shames”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈdiː.kus/, [pʊˈd̪iːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈdi.kus/, [puˈd̪iːkus]
Adjective
pudīcus (feminine pudīca, neuter pudīcum, comparative pudīcior, superlative pudīcissimus, adverb pudīcē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
Note that there is the alternative form pudīcabus for the dative and ablative, feminine plural pudīcīs. First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
Synonyms
- (pure, chaste): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pūrus
- (shamefaced): pudēns, pudibundus, pudōrātus, pudōrōsus, suffūsus
- (virtuous): castus, honestus
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “pure, chaste”): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus
- (antonym(s) of “virtuous, faithful”): perfidus
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “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.
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