pudicitia
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pudicitia (uncountable)
- (historical) The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From pudīcus (“chaste; modest, shamefaced”) + -itia, from pudet (“it shames”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.diːˈki.ti.a/, [pʊd̪iːˈkɪt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.diˈt͡ʃit.t͡si.a/, [pud̪iˈt͡ʃit̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun edit
pudīcitia f (genitive pudīcitiae); first declension
- chastity, virtue; shamefacedness, modesty
- Synonym: castitās
- Antonym: impudīcitia
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pudīcitia | pudīcitiae |
Genitive | pudīcitiae | pudīcitiārum |
Dative | pudīcitiae | pudīcitiīs |
Accusative | pudīcitiam | pudīcitiās |
Ablative | pudīcitiā | pudīcitiīs |
Vocative | pudīcitia | pudīcitiae |
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References edit
- “pudicitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pudicitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pudicitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pudicitia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pudicitia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray