Noun
pudicitia (uncountable)
(historical) The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.
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. Source: Internet
McManners, Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity. p. 50. Tertullian De Pudicitia chapter 21 In the following century the word was in general use. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet