addecet
Latin
Etymology
ad- (“to”) + decet (“it is decent, proper”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈad.de.ket/, [ˈad.dɛ.kɛt]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈad.de.t͡ʃet/
Verb
addecet (present infinitive addecēre, perfect active addecuit); second conjugation, third person only, no passive
- (with accusative) it behooves; it becomes; it is proper.
Inflection
| Conjugation of addecet (second conjugation, impersonal, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | addecet | — | — | addecent |
| imperfect | — | — | addecēbat | — | — | addecēbant | |
| future | — | — | addecēbit | — | — | addecēbunt | |
| perfect | — | — | addecuit | — | — | addecuērunt, addecuēre | |
| pluperfect | — | — | addecuerat | — | — | addecuerant | |
| future perfect | — | — | addecuerit | — | — | addecuerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | addeceat | — | — | addeceant |
| imperfect | — | — | addecēret | — | — | addecērent | |
| perfect | — | — | addecuerit | — | — | addecuerint | |
| pluperfect | — | — | addecuisset | — | — | addecuissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| future | — | — | addecētō | — | — | addecentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | addecēre | addecuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | addecēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| addecēre | addecendī | addecendō | addecendum | — | — | ||
Related terms
- condecet
- decet
- dēdecet
References
- addecet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- addecet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette