decet

English

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    Cardinal: ten
    Ordinal: tenth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 10th
    Latinate ordinal: denary
    Adverbial: ten times
    Multiplier: tenfold
    Latinate multiplier: decuple
    Germanic collective: tensome
    Collective of n parts: decuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: decad, decade
    Metric collective prefix: deca-
    Greek collective prefix: deca-
    Latinate collective prefix: deca-
    Fractional: tenth
    Metric fractional prefix: deci-
    Elemental: decuplet
    Number of musicians: decet
    Number of years: decade, decennium

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian decetto, from dieci (ten).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˈsɛt/

Noun

decet (plural decets)

  1. (music) A group of ten musicians; a piece of music written for such a group

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dekēt (third person singular, from earlier *dekējeti), from Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁-yé-ti, Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, the same root as doceō.

Parallel semantics in Sanskrit दक्षति (dáksati, is proper, seemly, fitting; conforms, is satisfactory), Ancient Greek δοκεῖ (dokeî, seems good, correct, proper).

Pronunciation

Verb

decet (present infinitive decēre, perfect active decuit); second conjugation, third person-only, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to adorn
  2. to be decent, suitable, seemly, or proper

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Neapolitan: convece (medieval; convenit + decet)
    • Sicilian: sdèciri (be unsuitable) (ex- + decere)
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Ladin: dies
    • Romansch: descher
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Sardinian:
    • Logudorese: dèghere
    • Nuorese: dèchere

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.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “decere”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 199