decentia

Interlingua

Noun

decentia (plural decentias)

  1. decency

Latin

Etymology

From decēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

Noun

decentia f (genitive decentiae); first declension

  1. decency, comeliness, becomingness

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative decentia decentiae
genitive decentiae decentiārum
dative decentiae decentiīs
accusative decentiam decentiās
ablative decentiā decentiīs
vocative decentia decentiae

Descendants

  • Catalan: decència
  • French: décence
  • Galician: decencia
  • Italian: decenza
  • Occitan: decéncia
  • Portuguese: decência
  • Romanian: decență
  • Spanish: decencia

Participle

decentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of decēns

References

  • decentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.