pudicitia

English

Etymology

Latin pudīcitia

Noun

pudicitia (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.diːˈki.ti.a/, [pʊd̪iːˈkɪt̪iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.diˈt͡ʃit.t͡si.a/, [pud̪iˈt͡ʃit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

pudīcitia f (genitive pudīcitiae); first declension

  1. chastity, virtue; shamefacedness, modesty
    Synonym: castitās
    Antonym: impudīcitia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pudīcitia pudīcitiae
Genitive pudīcitiae pudīcitiārum
Dative pudīcitiae pudīcitiīs
Accusative pudīcitiam pudīcitiās
Ablative pudīcitiā pudīcitiīs
Vocative pudīcitia pudīcitiae
Related terms

Descendants
  • English: pudicity
  • Italian: pudicizia
  • Portuguese: pudicícia

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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