verecundus
Latin
Etymology
From vereor (“to revere, fear”) + -cundus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /we.reːˈkun.dus/, [wɛ.reːˈkʊn.dʊs]
Adjective
verēcundus (feminine verēcunda, neuter verēcundum); first/second declension
- feeling shame, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest
- (by extension) worthy of reverence, venerable
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | verēcundus | verēcunda | verēcundum | verēcundī | verēcundae | verēcunda | |
| Genitive | verēcundī | verēcundae | verēcundī | verēcundōrum | verēcundārum | verēcundōrum | |
| Dative | verēcundō | verēcundō | verēcundīs | ||||
| Accusative | verēcundum | verēcundam | verēcundum | verēcundōs | verēcundās | verēcunda | |
| Ablative | verēcundō | verēcundā | verēcundō | verēcundīs | |||
| Vocative | verēcunde | verēcunda | verēcundum | verēcundī | verēcundae | verēcunda | |
Antonyms
- (feeling shame, modest): inverēcundus
Derived terms
- verēcundia
- verēcunditer
- verēcundor
Related terms
- verendus
- verenter
- vereor
- verētrum
Descendants
- English: verecund
- Italian: verecondo
- Portuguese: verecundo
References
- verecundus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- verecundus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- verecundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette