verecundia

== Latin == === Etymology === From verēcundus (“feeling shame, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest”) + -ia. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛ.reːˈkʊn.di.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ve.reˈkun.di.a] === Noun === verēcundia f (genitive verēcundiae); first declension knowing one's place, regarded as a virtue; coyness, modesty shyness, bashfulness shame, awe Synonym: pudor ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “verecundia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “verecundia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "verecundia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “verecundia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “vĕrēcŭndia”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 703 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin verēcundia, from verēcundus (“feeling shame”), from vereor (“to respect, revere, fear”). Doublet of vergüenza and vergüeña, which were inherited. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beɾeˈkundja/ [be.ɾeˈkũn̪.d̪ja] Rhymes: -undja Syllabification: ve‧re‧cun‧dia === Noun === verecundia f (plural verecundias) (rare) synonym of vergüenza (“shame”) [from early 16th c.] === Further reading === “verecundia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025