verecundus

verēcundus adj.with comp.

vereor, ashamed , shamefast, bashful, shy, coy, modest, diffident, reserved : homo non nimis verecundus: Saepe verecundum laudasti, H.: color, a blush , H.: pudor, O.— Moderate, free from extravagance, temperate : translatio: verecundior in postulando: vita, O.: Bacchus, H.