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vĕrēcundĭa , ae, f. verecundus,
I.the natural feeling of shame, by whatever cause produced, shamefacedness, bashfulness, shyness, coyness, modesty, etc.
I. In gen. (class.; syn.: pudicitia, castitas, pudor).
B. With gen. obj.
(α). With gen. rei: “turpitudinis verecundia,dread of wrong-doing, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 74: “negandi,id. Or. 71, 238; “Quint. prooem. § 3: respondendi,id. 3, 5, 15: “hujus sermonis,Liv. 26, 50, 4.—
(β). With gen. personae (not freq. till after the Aug. period): “quando nec ordinis hujus ulla, nec reipublicae est verecundia,respect for, reverence, Liv. 4, 45, 8: “parentis, vitrici, deorum,id. 39, 11, 2: “ne auctorem ponam, verecundia ipsius facit,Quint. 6, 3, 64: “majestatis magistratuum,Liv. 2, 36, 3: “aetatis,id. 1, 6, 4; cf. id. 1, 3, 10: “legum,id. 10, 13, 8.—Transf.: “quidam ita sunt receptae auctoritatis ac notae verecundiae, ut, etc.,” i. e. of known venerableness, Quint. 6, 3, 33.—
II. In partic., with an implication of censure.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (27):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 8.6.3
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 3.1.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 3.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 36.3
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 50.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 62.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 42
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 45.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 13.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 54.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 6.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 50.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 11
    • Cicero, De Republica, 4.4
    • Cicero, De Republica, 5.4
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.7
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 22
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.26
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.35
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.28
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.64
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.33
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.64
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 5.2
    • Cicero, Orator, 71.238
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