decens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of decet (“it is fitting”)
Participle
decēns (genitive decentis, adverb decenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- fitting, appropriate, worthy, decent.
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | decēns | decentēs | decentia | ||
| Genitive | decentis | decentium | |||
| Dative | decentī | decentibus | |||
| Accusative | decentem | decēns | decentēs decentīs | decentia | |
| Ablative | decente decentī1 | decentibus | |||
| Vocative | decēns | decentēs | decentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Related terms
- decet
Descendants
- → Catalan: decent
- → English: decent
- → French: décent
- → Galician: decente
- → Italian: decente
- → Portuguese: decente
- → Spanish: decente
References
- “decens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- decens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette