addecet

Latin

Etymology

ad- (“to”) +‎ decet (“it is decent, proper”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈad.dɛ.kɛt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈad.de.t͡ʃet]

Verb

addecet (present infinitive addecēre, perfect active addecuit); second conjugation, third person-only, no passive, no supine stem

1. (with accusative) to behoove; to become; to be proper

Conjugation

   Conjugation of addecet (second conjugation, third person-only, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		—		addecet		—		—		addecent
	imperfect	—		—		addecēbat		—		—		addecēbant
	future	—		—		addecēbit		—		—		addecēbunt
	perfect	—		—		addecuit		—		—		addecuērunt, addecuēre
	pluperfect	—		—		addecuerat		—		—		addecuerant
	future perfect	—		—		addecuerit		—		—		addecuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		—		addeceat		—		—		addeceant
	imperfect	—		—		addecēret		—		—		addecērent
	perfect	—		—		addecuerit		—		—		addecuerint
	pluperfect	—		—		addecuisset		—		—		addecuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	future	—		—		addecētō		—		—		addecentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		addecēre			—			addecēns			—
perfect		addecuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		addecendī		addecendō		addecendum		addecendō		—		—

Related terms

• condecet
• decet
• dēdecet

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: addirsi (possibly)

References

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