pudicus

Latin

Etymology

From pudet (“it shames”) +‎ -īcus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pʊˈdiː.kʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [puˈd̪iː.kus]

Adjective

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

chaste, pure, undefiled
modest, shamefaced, bashful
virtuous, honorable or honourable, faithful

Declension

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

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	pudīcus	pudīca	pudīcum	pudīcī	pudīcae	pudīca
genitive	pudīcī	pudīcae	pudīcī	pudīcōrum	pudīcārum	pudīcōrum
dative	pudīcō	pudīcae	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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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

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.