verecundus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vereor (“to revere, fear”) + -cundus (cf. -undus).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯e.reːˈkun.dus/, [u̯ɛreːˈkʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.reˈkun.dus/, [vereˈkun̪d̪us]
Adjective edit
verēcundus (feminine verēcunda, neuter verēcundum, comparative verēcundior); first/second-declension adjective
- feeling shame, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest
- Antonym: inverēcundus
- (by extension) worthy of reverence, venerable
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| 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 | |
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References edit
- “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.