pŭdīcus, a, um (dat. and abl. plur. fem. pudicabus, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), adj. [pudeo],
I shamefaced , bashful , modest , chaste , virtuous (class.; syn.: verecundus, castus): homo, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 71; 4, 2, 104: tam a me pudica est, quasi soror mea sit, id. Curc. 1, 1, 51: ingenium, Ter. Hec. 152: erubescunt pudici etiam loqui de pudicitiā, Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 50: nihil pudens, nihil pudicum, id. Phil. 3, 11, 28: domus, id. ib. 2, 3, 6: Hippolytus, Hor. C. 4, 7, 25: conjux, id. ib. 3, 5, 41; 4, 9, 23: Penelope, chaste , pure , id. S. 2, 5, 77: nupta, of Lucretia, Ov. F. 2, 794: matres, id. P. 4, 13, 29.—
II Transf., of things, chaste , pure , undefiled : lectum servare pudicum, Prop. 2, 23, 111 (3, 30, 55): preces, pure , Ov. H. 1, 85: mores, id. Tr. 3, 7, 13: fides, id. M. 7, 720: oratio, Petr. 2.— Comp. : matrona pudicior, Ov. Ib. 351.— Sup. : pudicissima femina, Plin. 7, 35, 35, § 120: puellarum, Mart. Cap. 2, § 174.— Hence, adv.: pŭdīcē , bashfully , modestly , chastely , virtuously , Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 51; Ter. And. 274; Cat. 15, 5.— Comp. : pudicius, Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 15; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 4.