verecundus

Latin

Etymology

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Latin vereor

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *sekʷondo-

Latin secundus

Latin -cundus

Latin verēcundus

From vereor (“to revere, fear”) + -cundus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɛ.reːˈkʊn.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ve.reˈkun.dus]

Adjective

verēcundus (feminine verēcunda, neuter verēcundum, comparative verēcundior); first/second-declension adjective

1. feeling shame, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest

   Antonym: inverēcundus

2. (by extension) worthy of reverence, venerable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

Derived terms

• verēcundia
• verēcunditer
• verēcundor

Related terms

• verendus
• verenter
• vereor
• verētrum

Descendants

• English: verecund
• Italian: verecondo
• French: vergogne
• Portuguese: verecundo

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
• “verecundus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.