decet
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dekēō, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, the same root as doceō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.ket/, [ˈdɛ.kɛt]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.t͡ʃet/, [ˈdeː.t͡ʃet]
Verb
decet (present infinitive decēre, perfect active decuit); second conjugation, third person only, no passive
- it adorns
- it is decent, suitable, seemly, or proper
Inflection
This verb is only used in 3rd-person forms, present and perfect infinitives, and present active participle.
| Conjugation of decet (second conjugation, impersonal, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | decet | — | — | decent |
| imperfect | — | — | decēbat | — | — | decēbant | |
| future | — | — | decēbit | — | — | decēbunt | |
| perfect | — | — | decuit | — | — | decuērunt, decuēre | |
| pluperfect | — | — | decuerat | — | — | decuerant | |
| future perfect | — | — | decuerit | — | — | decuerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | deceat | — | — | deceant |
| imperfect | — | — | decēret | — | — | decērent | |
| perfect | — | — | decuerit | — | — | decuerint | |
| pluperfect | — | — | decuisset | — | — | decuissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| future | — | — | decētō | — | — | decentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | decēre | decuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | decēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| decēre | decendī | decendō | decendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- addecet
- condecet
- decor
- dēdecet
Related terms
- decus
References
- decet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decet in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette