dedecus
Latin
Etymology
From dē (“from, away or down from”) + decus (“glory, honor, dignity”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdeː.dɛ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.d̪e.kus]
Noun
dēdecus n (genitive dēdecoris); third declension
- disgrace, dishonor, infamy, shame, discredit.
- Synonym: dehonestāmentum
- Antonyms: faciēs, pulchritūdō, decor, decus
- That which causes shame; a disgrace, blot, blemish.
- A shameful act; vice, turpitude.
- indecency
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēdecus | dēdecora |
| genitive | dēdecoris | dēdecorum |
| dative | dēdecorī | dēdecoribus |
| accusative | dēdecus | dēdecora |
| ablative | dēdecore | dēdecoribus |
| vocative | dēdecus | dēdecora |
Related terms
- dēdecorāmentum
- dēdecorātiō
- dēdecorātor
- dēdecorō
- dēdecorōsus
References
- “dedecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dedecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "dedecus", 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)
- dedecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.