I.abl. plur. fem. pudicabus, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), adj. pudeo, 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. 1, 2, 77: “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. 1, 5, 39; Cat. 15, 5.—Comp.: “pudicius,” Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 15; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 4.
