pudibundus

Latin

Etymology

pudeō (“be ashamed”) +‎ -bundus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pu.diˈbun.dus/, [pʊd̪ɪˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.diˈbun.dus/, [pud̪iˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

pudibundus (feminine pudibunda, neuter pudibundum); first/second-declension adjective

1. shamefaced, bashful, modest, ashamed; blushing
2. shameful, disgraceful, scandalous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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
• French: pudibond
• 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.