Meaning of pudeo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to cause shame
   conjugation-2, impersonal, transitive, usually
2. to be ashamed
   conjugation-2, intransitive, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“mē pudet ― I am ashamed”

[with accusative ‘person who is ashamed’ and genitive ‘thing/person causing shame’]

“160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 754:”

Don’t these things shame you?

“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.)”

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