pudeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pudēō, from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”).

Cognates

From Proto-Indo-European: Latin paveō, Latin paviō, Latin repudium, (possibly) Latin tripudium.

Pronunciation

Verb

pudeō (present infinitive pudēre, perfect active puduī or puditus sum, supine puditum); second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent

(present infinitive pudēre, perfect active puduī or puditus sum, supine puditum); second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent

  1. (transitive, usually impersonal) to cause shame
    [with accusative ‘person who is ashamed’ and genitive ‘thing/person causing shame’]
    • mē pudet ― I am ashamed
    [used personally with a neuter pronoun as subject]
  2. (intransitive, rare) to be ashamed
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.573–574:
      dum dea fūrtīvōs timidē profitētur amōrēs,
      caelestemque hominī concubuisse pudet
      While the goddess timidly confesses her secret desires and – a divine being [with love] for a mortal! – she is ashamed to have slept with [him] [...].
      (The goddess: Fortuna; the mortal: Servius Tullius.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pudeō (second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pudeō pudēs pudet pudēmus pudētis pudent
imperfect pudēbam pudēbās pudēbat pudēbāmus pudēbātis pudēbant
future pudēbō pudēbis pudēbit pudēbimus pudēbitis pudēbunt
perfect puduī,
puditus sum 		puduistī,
puditus es 		puduit,
puditus est 		puduimus,
puditī sumus 		puduistis,
puditī estis 		puduērunt,
puduēre,
puditī sunt
pluperfect pudueram,
puditus eram 		puduerās,
puditus erās 		puduerat,
puditus erat 		puduerāmus,
puditī erāmus 		puduerātis,
puditī erātis 		puduerant,
puditī erant
future perfect puduerō,
puditus erō 		pudueris,
puditus eris 		puduerit,
puditus erit 		puduerimus,
puditī erimus 		pudueritis,
puditī eritis 		puduerint,
puditī erint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pudeam pudeās pudeat pudeāmus pudeātis pudeant
imperfect pudērem pudērēs pudēret pudērēmus pudērētis pudērent
perfect puduerim,
puditus sim 		puduerīs,
puditus sīs 		puduerit,
puditus sit 		puduerīmus,
puditī sīmus 		puduerītis,
puditī sītis 		puduerint,
puditī sint
pluperfect puduissem,
puditus essem 		puduissēs,
puditus essēs 		puduisset,
puditus esset 		puduissēmus,
puditī essēmus 		puduissētis,
puditī essētis 		puduissent,
puditī essent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — pudē — — pudēte —
future — pudētō pudētō — pudētōte pudentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present pudēre — pudēns —
future puditūrum esse — puditūrus pudendus
perfect puduisse,
puditum esse 		— puditus —
future perfect puditum fore — — —
perfect potential puditūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pudendī pudendō pudendum pudendō puditum puditū

Derived terms

References

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