shame (v.) Copy link • shame (v.): i. e. to make ashamed: expr. by pŭdor, rŭbor, vĕrēcundia, with a verb: e. g. pudore aliquem afficere (after anal. of metu, ignominia, honore, afficere, Cic.); alicui pudorem incutere, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 77; ruborem incutere, Liv. 45, 37, extr.; aliquem pudore suffundere, Plin. Pan. 2, extr.: Ov. Am. 3, 3, 5: Hier. (cf. ruborem suffundere, Liv. 30, 15, init. = to put to the blush); pudore perfundere, Orell. ad Hor. l. c.: ruborem afferre, Cic. Rep. 4, 6; cf. shame (subs.).