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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *pudēō, from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
Verb
pudeō (present infinitive pudēre, perfect active puduī or puditus sum, supine puditum); second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent
- (transitive, usually impersonal) to cause shame
- mē pudet ― I am ashamed
- (intransitive, rare) to be ashamed
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 6.573–574:
- dum dea fūrtīvōs timidē profitētur amōrēs,
caelestemque hominī concubuisse pudet- While the goddess timidly confesses her secret desires and – a divine being for a mortal! – she is ashamed to have slept with .
(The goddess: Fortuna; the mortal: Servius Tullius.)
Conjugation
indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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pudeō
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pudēs
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pudet
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pudēmus
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pudētis
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pudent
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imperfect
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pudēbam
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pudēbās
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pudēbat
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pudēbāmus
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pudēbātis
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pudēbant
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future
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pudēbō
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pudēbis
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pudēbit
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pudēbimus
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pudēbitis
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pudēbunt
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perfect
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puduī, puditus sum
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puduistī, puditus es
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puduit, puditus est
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puduimus, puditī sumus
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puduistis, puditī estis
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puduērunt, puduēre, puditī sunt
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pluperfect
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pudueram, puditus eram
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puduerās, puditus erās
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puduerat, puditus erat
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puduerāmus, puditī erāmus
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puduerātis, puditī erātis
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puduerant, puditī erant
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future perfect
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puduerō, puditus erō
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pudueris, puditus eris
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puduerit, puditus erit
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puduerimus, puditī erimus
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pudueritis, puditī eritis
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puduerint, puditī erint
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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pudeam
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pudeās
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pudeat
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pudeāmus
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pudeātis
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pudeant
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imperfect
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pudērem
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pudērēs
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pudēret
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pudērēmus
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pudērētis
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pudērent
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perfect
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puduerim, puditus sim
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puduerīs, puditus sīs
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puduerit, puditus sit
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puduerīmus, puditī sīmus
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puduerītis, puditī sītis
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puduerint, puditī sint
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pluperfect
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puduissem, puditus essem
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puduissēs, puditus essēs
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puduisset, puditus esset
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puduissēmus, puditī essēmus
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puduissētis, puditī essētis
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puduissent, puditī essent
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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pudē
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—
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—
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pudēte
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—
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future
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—
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pudētō
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pudētō
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—
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pudētōte
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pudentō
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pudēre
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puditum esse
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puditūrum esse
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—
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—
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—
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pudēns
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puditus
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puditūrus
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—
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—
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—
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pudendī
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pudendō
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pudendum
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pudendō
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puditum
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puditū
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Derived terms
References
- “pudeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pudeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pudeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.