propudium

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Latin

Etymology

From prō +‎ pudet +‎ -ium.

Noun

prōpudium n (genitive prōpudiī or prōpudī); second declension

  1. A shameful act
  2. A shameful person; wretch, villain

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative prōpudium prōpudia
genitive prōpudiī
prōpudī1
prōpudiōrum
dative prōpudiō prōpudiīs
accusative prōpudium prōpudia
ablative prōpudiō prōpudiīs
vocative prōpudium prōpudia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

References

  • propudium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • propudium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propudium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.