pudeo

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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

  1. (transitive, usually impersonal) to cause shame
    pudetI am ashamed
  2. (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

   Conjugation of pudeō (second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pudeō pudēs pudet pudēmus pudētis pudent
imperfect pudēbam pudēbās pudēbat pudēbāmus pudēbātis pudēbant
future pudēbō pudēbis pudēbit pudēbimus pudēbitis pudēbunt
perfect puduī,
puditus sum
puduistī,
puditus es
puduit,
puditus est
puduimus,
puditī sumus
puduistis,
puditī estis
puduērunt,
puduēre,
puditī sunt
pluperfect pudueram,
puditus eram
puduerās,
puditus erās
puduerat,
puditus erat
puduerāmus,
puditī erāmus
puduerātis,
puditī erātis
puduerant,
puditī erant
future perfect puduerō,
puditus erō
pudueris,
puditus eris
puduerit,
puditus erit
puduerimus,
puditī erimus
pudueritis,
puditī eritis
puduerint,
puditī erint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pudeam pudeās pudeat pudeāmus pudeātis pudeant
imperfect pudērem pudērēs pudēret pudērēmus pudērētis pudērent
perfect puduerim,
puditus sim
puduerīs,
puditus sīs
puduerit,
puditus sit
puduerīmus,
puditī sīmus
puduerītis,
puditī sītis
puduerint,
puditī sint
pluperfect puduissem,
puditus essem
puduissēs,
puditus essēs
puduisset,
puditus esset
puduissēmus,
puditī essēmus
puduissētis,
puditī essētis
puduissent,
puditī essent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pudē pudēte
future pudētō pudētō pudētōte pudentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pudēre puditum esse puditūrum esse
participles pudēns puditus puditūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pudendī pudendō pudendum pudendō puditum puditū

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.