decens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of decet (“it is fitting”)

Participle

decēns (genitive decentis, adverb decenter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. fitting, appropriate, worthy, decent.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
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.

Descendants

  • → Catalan: decent
  • → English: decent
  • → French: décent
  • → Galician: decente
  • → Italian: decente
  • → Portuguese: decente
  • → Romanian: decent
  • → 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.
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