I.Act., ashamed, shamefaced, bashful, modest (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “matrona,” Hor. A. P. 233; Ov. Am. 3, 7, 69: “vir,” Just. 38, 8, 10: “ora,” Ov. F. 2, 819; id. M. 6, 604: “pudibundus pavo ac maerens (caudā amissā),” Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 44.—Poet.: “pudibunda dies,” i. e. that is ashamed of the evil deeds committed in it, Stat. Th. 5, 296.—
II. Pass., of which one should be ashamed, shameful, disgraceful, scandalous, = pudendus: “exitia,” Val. Fl. 1, 809: “genus,” Just. 23, 45 (al. pudendum): sales, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 114.
