adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
verēcundus
verēcundus (feminine verēcunda, neuter verēcundum, comparative verēcundior)
Classical[wɛ.reːˈkʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ve.reˈkun.dus]
verēcunde sg. voc. m.
Meaning
- adjectivefeeling shame, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest
- adjectivebroadlyworthy of reverence, venerable
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | verēcundus | verēcunda | verēcundum |
| genitive | verēcundī | verēcundae | verēcundī |
| dative | verēcundō | verēcundae | verēcundō |
| accusative | verēcundum | verēcundam | verēcundum |
| ablative | verēcundō | verēcundā | verēcundō |
| vocative | verēcunde | verēcunda | verēcundum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | verēcundī | verēcundae | verēcunda |
| genitive | verēcundōrum | verēcundārum | verēcundōrum |
| dative | verēcundīs | verēcundīs | verēcundīs |
| accusative | verēcundōs | verēcundās | verēcunda |
| ablative | verēcundīs | verēcundīs | verēcundīs |
| vocative | verēcundī | verēcundae | verēcunda |
vĕrēcundus, a, um, adj. vereor,
I. feeling shame (at any thing good or bad), shamefaced, bashful, shy, coy, modest, diffident, etc.
I. Lit.:
nimis verecunda es (uxor), Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 22: decet verecundum esse adulescentem, id. As. 5, 1, 6: homo non nimis verecundus, Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 361: misi ad te quattuor admonitores non nimis verecundos, id. Fam. 9, 8, 1: innocentes et verecundi, id. Leg. 1, 19, 50: populus, Hor. A. P. 207: saepe verecundum laudasti, id. Ep. 1, 7, 37: Bacchus, moderate, id. C. 1, 27, 3 (cf.: modicus Liber, id. ib. 1, 18, 7): orator in transferendis verecundus et parcus, Cic. Or. 24, 81: vultus, Ov. M. 14, 840: ore loqui, Mart. 8, 1, 2: color, a blush, Hor. Epod. 17, 21: rubor, Ov. M. 1, 484: pudor, id. Tr. 4, 4, 50: verecunda debet esse translatio, Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 165: oratio, Quint. 11, 3, 96: verba, id. 10, 1, 9: causa, id. 4, 5, 19: vita, Ov. Tr. 2, 354.—With subj.clause: transire in diversa subsellia, parum verecundum est, Quint. 11, 3, 133: hoc dicere verecundum est, i. e. I am ashamed, id. 7, 1, 56.—Comp.: verecundior in postulando, Cic. Phil. 14, 5, 11: verecundior in loquendo, id. Fam. 7, 33, 2: partes, i. e. the private parts, Arn. 4, 133: translatio, Quint. 9, 2, 41: confessio, id. 4, 2, 8.—Sup.: Pompejus in appetendis honoribus immodicus, in gerendis verecundissimus, Vell. 2, 33, 3.—II. Transf., objectively, worthy of reverence, venerable (late Lat.):
nomen populi Romani, Amm. 14, 6, 6; cf. id. 21, 16, 11; 30, 8, 4: praetor, Capitol. Ver. 8.—Adv. (acc. to I.), shamefacedly, bashfully, shyly, modestly. (b). Form vĕrēcundĭter, Pompon. ap. Non. 516, 23.—
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
verēcundus adj. with comp.
vereor, ashamed, shamefast, bashful, shy, coy, modest, diffident, re<*> served: homo non nimis verecundus: Saepe vere<*> cundum laudasti, H.: color, a blush, H.: pudor, O. —Moderate, free from extravagance, temperate: translatio: verecundior in postulando: vita, O.: Bacchus, H.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-der. Proto-Italic *sekʷondo- Latin secundus Latin -cundus Latin verēcundus From vereor (“to revere, fear”) + -cundus.
Descendants
- Englishverecund
- Italianverecondo
- Frenchvergogne
- Portugueseverecundo
In English words that came into English from verēcundus
- verecundverēcundus