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verecundia

verecundia

Latin

Noun

verēcundia f ‎(genitive verēcundiae); first declension

knowing one's place, regarded as a virtue; coyness, modesty
shame, awe

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	verēcundia	verēcundiae
genitive	verēcundiae	verēcundiārum
dative	verēcundiae	verēcundiīs
accusative	verēcundiam	verēcundiās
ablative	verēcundiā	verēcundiīs
vocative	verēcundia	verēcundiae

Descendants

Aragonese: vergüenya
Asturian: vergoña, vergüeña, vergüenza, virgüenza, vergonza
Catalan: vergonya
Corsican: vargogna
Emilian: vargåggna
Fala: vergonza
French: vérécondie (borrowing), vergogne
Friulian: vergonze, vergonge
Galician: vergoña
Istriot: varguogna

Italian: vergogna, verecondia (borrowing)
Mirandese: bergonha, bargonha
Occitan: vergonha
Old Portuguese: vergonna
Portuguese: vergonha, verecúndia (borrowing)
Sardinian: bergugna, bregúngia, birgonza, bregunza, brigunza, frigonza, vilgonza, bilgonza
Sicilian: virgogna, vrigogna, briogna
Spanish: vergüenza
Venetian: vargogna

References

verecundia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
verecundia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
VERECUNDIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “verecundia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.