User:Helen Godshall/Notepad/'Pudendum' V.S. 'Putidum'

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Note title 'Pudendum' V.S. 'Putidum'
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These are both nominative, singular, neuter adjectives modifying 'crimen'. Their meanings are slightly different- 'pudendum' means shameful while 'putidum' means foul, rotten.
Clearly this is a bad crime, and the adjective choice determines the specific description of its affect.

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