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Latin
Etymology
From pudet (“it shames”) + -īcus.
Pronunciation
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
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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.