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.],
I 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. 84: 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. 754: 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. 392; id. Heaut. 260: 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. 1043: 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,
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. 120: 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.—
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.—
2 Subst.: pŭdenda , ōrum, n. (sc. membra).
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.—
b The breech , fundament , Min. Fel. Oct. 28 med.