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pŭdendus, a, um.

  1. I. Part., from pudeo.
  2. II. P. a., v. pudeo fin. B.

pŭdĕo, ŭi, or pŭdĭtum est, ēre (dep. form pudeatur, Petr. 47, 4), 2, v. a. and n. [root pu-, pav-, to strike; Sanscr. paviram, weapon; cf. pavire (puvire), tripudium, etc.], to make or be ashamed, to feel shame; to be influenced or restrained by shame or by respect for a person or thing.
In the verb. finit. extremely rare: ita nunc pudeo, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 3: siquidem te quicquam, quod facis, pudet, id. Mil. 3, 1, 30; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 4: idne pudet te, quia, etc., Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 4: pudet, quod prius non puditum umquam est, id. Cas. 5, 2, 4.
In plur.: non te haec pudent? Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 36: semper metuet, quem Saeva pudebunt, Luc. 8, 495.
Chiefly used as a verb. impers., pudet, ŭit, or pudĭtum est, one is or feels ashamed, it causes a feeling of shame, etc; constr. aliquem alicujus rei, or with a subj.-clause: quos, cum nihil refert, pudet: ubi pudendum est, ibi eos deserit pudor, cum usus est, ut pudeat, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1 sq.: fratris me Pudet, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 19: sunt homines, quos infamiae suae neque pudeat neque taedeat, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35: pudet me non tui quidem, sed Chrysippi, etc., id. Div. 2, 15, 35: cujus eos non pudere demiror, id. Phil. 10, 10, 22: ceteros pudeat, si qui, etc. . . . me autem quid pudeat? id. Arch. 6, 12; Ov. M. 7, 617: cicatricum et sceleris pudet, Hor. C. 1, 35, 33: nam pudet tanti mali, id. Epod. 11, 7; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 12: tum puderet vivos, tamquam puditurum esset exstinctos, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 108: deūm me hercle atque hominum pudet, before gods and men, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 67; Liv. 3, 19, 7.
With subj.-clause: pudet Dicere hac praesente verbum turpe: at te id nullo modo Facere puduit, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 20: puderet me dicere non intellegere, si, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109: servire aeternos non puduisse deos? Tib. 2, 3, 30: nec lusisse pudet sed non incidere ludum, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36: scripta pudet recitare, id. ib. 1, 19, 42: nonne esset puditum, legatum dici Maeandrium? Cic. Fl. 22, 52.
With supine: pudet dictu, Tac. Agr. 32.
In the gerund: non enim pudendo, sed non faciendo id, quod non decet, impudentiae nomen effugere debemus, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 120: inducitur ad pudendum, id. Brut. 50, 188.
Hence,

  1. A. pŭdens, entis, P. a., shamefaced, bashful, modest (class.): muta pudens est, Lucr. 4, 1164: pudens et probus filius, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161: cur nescire, pudens prave, quam discere malo? Hor. A. P. 88: nihil pudens, nihil pudicum in eo apparet, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2: animus, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 68: pudens et liberalis risus, Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.
    Comp., Cic. Pis. 17.
    Sup.: homo, Cic. Caecin. 35, 102: vir, id. Fl. 20: femina, id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94.
    Adv.: pŭdenter, modestly, bashfully, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 190 P.; Cic. Quint. 11, 39; id. Vatin. 2, 6: sumere, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44; id. A. P. 51.
    Comp.: pudentius accedere, Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364; Gell. 12, 11, 5.
    Sup.: pudentissime aliquid petere, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5.
  2. B. pŭdendus, a, um, P. a., of which one ought to be ashamed, shameful, scandalous, disgraceful, abominable (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ut jam pudendum sit honestiora decreta esse legionum quam senatus, Cic. Phil. 5, 2, 4: vita, Ov. P. 2, 2, 108: vulnera, Verg. A. 11, 55: causa, Ov. H. 5, 98: parentes, Suet. Vit. 2: negotiationes vel privato pudendas exercere, id. Vesp. 16: pudenda miserandaque oratio, id. Tib. 65: pudenda dictu spectantur, Quint. 1, 2, 8; cf.: pudendumque dictu, si, etc., id. 6, 4, 7: luxus, Tac. A. 3, 53: hoc quoque animal (sc. blatta) inter pudenda est, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 140: proh cuncta pudendi! wholly shameful! Sil. 11, 90: membra, the parts of shame, the privy parts, Ser. Samm. 36, 681.
    1. 2. Subst.: pŭdenda, ōrum, n. (sc. membra).
      1. a. The private parts (post-class.), Aus. Per. Odyss. 6; id. Idyll. 6, 85; Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 17; Sen. ad Marc. 22, 1; Vulg. Nah. 3, 5.
      2. b. The breech, fundament, Min. Fel. Oct. 28 med.