verēcundus adj. with comp.
vereor, ashamed, shamefast, bashful, shy, coy, modest, diffident, re<*> served: homo non nimis verecundus: Saepe vere<*> cundum laudasti, H.: color, a blush, H.: pudor, O. —Moderate, free from extravagance, temperate: translatio: verecundior in postulando: vita, O.: Bacchus, H.