pudendus Latin · revision 31962

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=itc-pro *pudē-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pudendus''' (feminine pudenda, neuter pudendum); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|pudeō|t=to be ashamed]], of which it is the gerundive, “that ought to be ashamed of”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces [[m|la|pudeō]] to [[itc-pro|*pudē-|t=to be ashamed or shy]], whose further origin is unclear: Walde and Hofmann connected [[m|la|paviō|t=to strike]], and Ernout and Meillet, with hesitation, a root [[ine-pro|*speud-|t=to press, hurry]], which de Vaan finds more attractive in meaning, though the root is not found elsewhere without the initial /s/; a link with [[m|la|paveō|t=to be frightened]] is also conceivable.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and Gaffiot date it from Virgil,^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) in the sense shameful, disgraceful.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means something one ought to be ashamed of, shameful or scandalous;^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Quintilian speaks of things shameful to say.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The phrase ''pars pudenda'' named the genitals, as in Ovid, and the neuter plural ''pudenda'' was used as a noun for them, as in Seneca's mention of doctors treating the private parts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil in the sense shameful.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of ''pars pudenda'', the genitals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of ''pudenda'' as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That one ought to be ashamed of, [[m|en|shameful]], [[m|en|disgraceful]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''pars pudenda'': the [[m|en|genitals]]; neuter plural as a noun, the private parts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pudeo|alt=pudeō]]

+ * [[pudor]]

+ * [[en|pudendum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}