pudicus

== Latin == === Etymology === From pudet (“it shames”) + -īcus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʊˈdiː.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [puˈdiː.kus] === Adjective === pudīcus (feminine pudīca, neuter pudīcum, comparative pudīcior, superlative pudīcissimus, adverb pudīcē); first/second-declension adjective chaste, pure, undefiled modest, shamefaced, bashful virtuous, honorable or honourable, faithful ==== Declension ==== Note that there is the alternative form pudīcabus for the dative and ablative, feminine plural pudīcīs. First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (pure, chaste): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pūrus (shamefaced): pudēns, pudibundus, pudōrātus, pudōrōsus, suffūsus (virtuous): castus, honestus ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “pure, chaste”): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus (antonym(s) of “virtuous, faithful”): perfidus ==== Derived terms ==== impudīcus pudīcē pudīcitia ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “pudicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pudicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “pudicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.