pudicitia

Latin

Etymology

From pudīcus (“chaste; modest, shamefaced”), from pudet (“it shames”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.diːˈki.ti.a/, [pʊ.diːˈkɪ.ti.a]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.diˈt͡ʃi.t͡si.a/, [pu.diˈt͡ʃiː.t͡si.a]

Noun

pudīcitia f (genitive pudīcitiae); first declension

  1. chastity, virtue; shamefacedness, modesty

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pudīcitia pudīcitiae
genitive pudīcitiae pudīcitiārum
dative pudīcitiae pudīcitiīs
accusative pudīcitiam pudīcitiās
ablative pudīcitiā pudīcitiīs
vocative pudīcitia pudīcitiae

Antonyms

Descendants

References

  • pudicitia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pudicitia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pudicitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • pudicitia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pudicitia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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