- verecundor
- vĕrēcundor, āri, v. dep. n. [verecundus], to feel bashful or ashamed, to be shy or diffident (rare but class.):II.
verecundari neminem apud mensam decet,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77: hi nostri amici verecundantur, capti splendore virtutis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 480, 17:aliquem cunctantem et quasi verecundantem incitare,
id. de Or. 3, 9, 36.— With inf.:Sp. Carvilio graviter claudicanti ex vulnere... et ob eam causam verecundanti in publicum prodire,
Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249.—Transf., of things:(manus) probant, admirantur, verecundantur,
express shame, Quint. 11, 3, 87.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.