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pudor
pudor
English
Noun
pudor (uncountable)
- An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
- 1922: Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man’s lingam. — James Joyce, Ulysses
Translations
appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From pudet (“it shames”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.dor/, [ˈpʊ.dɔr]
Noun
pudor m (genitive pudōris); third declension
- A sense of shame; shamefacedness, shyness; ignominy, disgrace; humiliation.
- Modesty, decency, propriety, scrupulousness, chastity.
- A blush.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pudor | pudōrēs |
| genitive | pudōris | pudōrum |
| dative | pudōrī | pudōribus |
| accusative | pudōrem | pudōrēs |
| ablative | pudōre | pudōribus |
| vocative | pudor | pudōrēs |
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References
- pudor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pudor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PUDOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pudor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin pudor, pudōrem.
Noun
pudor m (plural pudores)
- pudor (appropriate sense of modesty or shame)