dedecet

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Latin

Etymology

dē- (“away from, out of”) +‎ decet (“it is decent, proper”)

Pronunciation

Verb

dēdecet (present infinitive dēdecēre, perfect active dēdecuit); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem, third person only

  1. (with accusative) to be unseemly or unsuitable; to be unbecoming

Conjugation

  • The first-person singular perfect active indicative, dēdecuī, is attested in The Thebaid by Publius Papinius Statius to mean “to dishonor”; elsewhere, this verb is only used in 3rd-person forms, present and perfect infinitives, and present active participle.
   Conjugation of dēdecet (second conjugation, no supine stem, third person only, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — dēdecet — — dēdecent
imperfect — — dēdecēbat — — dēdecēbant
future — — dēdecēbit — — dēdecēbunt
perfect — — dēdecuit — — dēdecuērunt,
dēdecuēre
pluperfect — — dēdecuerat — — dēdecuerant
future perfect — — dēdecuerit — — dēdecuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — dēdeceat — — dēdeceant
imperfect — — dēdecēret — — dēdecērent
perfect — — dēdecuerit — — dēdecuerint
pluperfect — — dēdecuisset — — dēdecuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — — — — —
future — — dēdecētō — — dēdecentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēdecēre dēdecuisse — — — —
participles dēdecēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēdecendī dēdecendō dēdecendum dēdecendō — —

Related terms

References

  • “dedecet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dedecet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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