dedecet

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Verb

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

(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, third person-only, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		—		dēdeceat		—		—		dēdeceant
	imperfect	—		—		dēdecēret		—		—		dēdecērent
	perfect	—		—		dēdecuerit		—		—		dēdecuerint
	pluperfect	—		—		dēdecuisset		—		—		dēdecuissent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	future	—		—		dēdecētō		—		—		dēdecentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēdecēre			—			dēdecēns			—
perfect		dēdecuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēdecendī		dēdecendō		dēdecendum		dēdecendō		—		—

Related terms

Descendants

⇒ Italian: disdire

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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