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

Verb

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

  1. (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.)
  2. (transitive, usually impersonal) to cause shame
    mē pudet ― I am ashamed

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

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.
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