pudice

Latin

Etymology

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

Adverb

pudīcē (comparative pudīcius, superlative pudīcissimē)

  1. chastely, purely, respectably, decently
  2. bashfully, modestly
  3. virtuously

References

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