Get to know Pudicitia better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Pudicitia in a sentence
Pudicitia meaning
The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.
Using Pudicitia
- The main meaning on this page is: The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.
- In the example corpus, pudicitia often appears in combinations such as: de pudicitia, pudicitia chapter.
Context around Pudicitia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pudicitia
- In this selection, "pudicitia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chapter stand out and add context to how "pudicitia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include barnabas de pudicitia chapter 20 and patientia de pudicitia de oratione. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pudicitia" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pudicitia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
McManners, Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity. p. 50. Tertullian De Pudicitia chapter 21 In the following century the word was in general use. (23 words)
Of the moral and ascetic treatises, the De patientia and De spectaculis are among the most interesting, and the De pudicitia and De virginibus velandis among the most characteristic. (29 words)
The other group consists of practical and disciplinary writings, e.g., De monogamia, Ad uxorem, De virginibus velandis, De cultu feminarum, De patientia, De pudicitia, De oratione, and Ad martyras. (30 words)
Tertullian knew the Letter to the Hebrews as being "under the name of Barnabas" (De Pudicitia, chapter 20 where T. quotes Heb. 6:4-8); Origen, in his now lost Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, is reported by Eusebius (Hist. (42 words)
The other group consists of practical and disciplinary writings, e.g., De monogamia, Ad uxorem, De virginibus velandis, De cultu feminarum, De patientia, De pudicitia, De oratione, and Ad martyras. (30 words)
Of the moral and ascetic treatises, the De patientia and De spectaculis are among the most interesting, and the De pudicitia and De virginibus velandis among the most characteristic. (29 words)
Example sentences (4)
McManners, Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity. p. 50. Tertullian De Pudicitia chapter 21 In the following century the word was in general use.
Of the moral and ascetic treatises, the De patientia and De spectaculis are among the most interesting, and the De pudicitia and De virginibus velandis among the most characteristic.
Tertullian knew the Letter to the Hebrews as being "under the name of Barnabas" (De Pudicitia, chapter 20 where T. quotes Heb. 6:4-8); Origen, in his now lost Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, is reported by Eusebius (Hist.
The other group consists of practical and disciplinary writings, e.g., De monogamia, Ad uxorem, De virginibus velandis, De cultu feminarum, De patientia, De pudicitia, De oratione, and Ad martyras.
Common combinations with pudicitia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- de pudicitia 4×
- pudicitia chapter 2×