verecundus

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Latin

Etymology

From vereor (“to revere, fear”) +‎ -cundus (cf. -undus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

verēcundus (feminine verēcunda, neuter verēcundum, comparative verēcundior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. feeling shame, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest
    Antonym: inverēcundus
  2. (by extension) worthy of reverence, venerable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative verēcundus verēcunda verēcundum verēcundī verēcundae verēcunda
genitive verēcundī verēcundae verēcundī verēcundōrum verēcundārum verēcundōrum
dative verēcundō verēcundae verēcundō verēcundīs
accusative verēcundum verēcundam verēcundum verēcundōs verēcundās verēcunda
ablative verēcundō verēcundā verēcundō verēcundīs
vocative verēcunde verēcunda verēcundum verēcundī verēcundae verēcunda

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: verecund
  • Italian: verecondo
  • Portuguese: verecundo

References

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