I. A shameful or infamous action (ante-class. and post-Aug.): “propudium dicebant, cum maledicto nudare turpitudinem volebant, quasi porro pudendum. Quidam propudium putant dici, a quo pudor et pudicitia procul sint,” Fest. p. 227 Müll.: “propudii aliquem insimulare,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 11.—In plur.: “hoc cinere poto propudia virorum inhiberi,” Plin. 28, 8, 32, § 122.—
II. Transf., concr., a shameful person, vile wretch, a rascal, villain, a term of abuse (class.): “quid ais, propudium?” Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 34; id. Bacch. 4, 1, 7; cf. id. Poen. 1, 2, 60: “propudium illud et portentum L. Antonius,” Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 8; App M. 8, p. 215, 15.
