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verecundus

verecundus

Latin

Adjective

verēcundus m ‎(feminine verēcunda, neuter verēcundum); first/second declension

feeling shame, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest
(by extension) worthy of reverence, venerable

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	verēcundus	verēcunda	verēcundum		verēcundī	verēcundae	verēcunda
genitive	verēcundī	verēcundae	verēcundī		verēcundōrum	verēcundārum	verēcundōrum
dative	verēcundō	verēcundae	verēcundō		verēcundīs
accusative	verēcundum	verēcundam	verēcundum		verēcundōs	verēcundās	verēcunda
ablative	verēcundō	verēcundā	verēcundō		verēcundīs
vocative	verēcunde	verēcunda	verēcundum		verēcundī	verēcundae	verēcunda

Antonyms

(feeling shame, modest): inverēcundus

Derived terms

verēcundia
verēcunditer
verēcundor

Related terms

Descendants

English: verecund
Italian: verecondo

References

verecundus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
verecundus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “verecundus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.