pudeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pudēō, from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”).

cognates

From Proto-Indo-European: Latin paveō, Latin paviō, Latin repudium, (possibly) Latin tripudium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.de.oː/, [ˈpʊd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.de.o/, [ˈpuːd̪eo]

Verb

pudeō (present infinitive pudēre, perfect active puduī or puditus sum, supine puditum); second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent

1. (transitive, usually impersonal) to cause shame [with accusative ‘person who is ashamed’ and genitive ‘thing/person causing shame’]

   mē pudet ― I am ashamed

2. (intransitive, rare) to be ashamed
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.573–574:

     dum dea fūrtīvōs timidē profitētur amōrēs,
     caelestemque hominī concubuisse pudet

     While the goddess timidly confesses her secret desires and – a divine being [with love] for a mortal! – she is ashamed to have slept with [him] [...].
     (The goddess: Fortuna; the mortal: Servius Tullius.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pudeō (second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pudeō	pudēs	pudet	pudēmus	pudētis	pudent
	imperfect	pudēbam	pudēbās	pudēbat	pudēbāmus	pudēbātis	pudēbant
	future	pudēbō	pudēbis	pudēbit	pudēbimus	pudēbitis	pudēbunt
	perfect	puduī, puditus sum	puduistī, puditus es	puduit, puditus est	puduimus, puditī sumus	puduistis, puditī estis	puduērunt, puduēre, puditī sunt
	pluperfect	pudueram, puditus eram	puduerās, puditus erās	puduerat, puditus erat	puduerāmus, puditī erāmus	puduerātis, puditī erātis	puduerant, puditī erant
	future perfect	puduerō, puditus erō	pudueris, puditus eris	puduerit, puditus erit	puduerimus, puditī erimus	pudueritis, puditī eritis	puduerint, puditī erint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pudeam	pudeās	pudeat	pudeāmus	pudeātis	pudeant
	imperfect	pudērem	pudērēs	pudēret	pudērēmus	pudērētis	pudērent
	perfect	puduerim, puditus sim	puduerīs, puditus sīs	puduerit, puditus sit	puduerīmus, puditī sīmus	puduerītis, puditī sītis	puduerint, puditī sint
	pluperfect	puduissem, puditus essem	puduissēs, puditus essēs	puduisset, puditus esset	puduissēmus, puditī essēmus	puduissētis, puditī essētis	puduissent, puditī essent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pudē	—	—	pudēte	—
	future	—	pudētō	pudētō	—	pudētōte	pudentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pudēre	puditum esse	puditūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		pudēns	puditus	puditūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pudendī	pudendō	pudendum	pudendō	puditum	puditū

Derived terms

• dispudet
• propudianus
• propudiosus
• propudium
• pudefactus
• pudendum
• pudendus
• pudēns
• pudescit
• pudibilis
• pudibundus
• pudīcus
• pudimentum
• pudor
• suppudet

 

References

• “pudeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pudeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pudeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.