pudibundus
Latin
Etymology
pudeō (“be ashamed”) + -bundus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.diˈbun.dus/, [pʊ.dɪˈbʊn.dʊs]
Adjective
pudibundus (feminine pudibunda, neuter pudibundum); first/second declension
- shamefaced, bashful, modest, ashamed; blushing
- shameful, disgraceful, scandalous
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pudibundus | pudibunda | pudibundum | pudibundī | pudibundae | pudibunda | |
| Genitive | pudibundī | pudibundae | pudibundī | pudibundōrum | pudibundārum | pudibundōrum | |
| Dative | pudibundō | pudibundō | pudibundīs | ||||
| Accusative | pudibundum | pudibundam | pudibundum | pudibundōs | pudibundās | pudibunda | |
| Ablative | pudibundō | pudibundā | pudibundō | pudibundīs | |||
| Vocative | pudibunde | pudibunda | pudibundum | pudibundī | pudibundae | pudibunda | |
Synonyms
- (blushing): pudōricolor
- (shamefaced): pudēns, pudīcus, pudōrātus, pudōrōsus, suffūsus
- (shameful): pudibilis
Related terms
Related terms
- pudēfactus
- pudendus
- pudēns
- pudenter
- pudet
- pudibilis
- pudīcē
- pudīcitia
- pudīcus
- pudor
- pudōrātus
- pudōricolor
- pudōrōsus
Descendants
- English: pudibund
- Italian: pudibondo
References
- pudibundus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pudibundus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pudibundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette