decens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of decet (“it is fitting”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ.kẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃens]

Participle

decēns (genitive decentis, comparative decentior, superlative decentissimus, adverb decenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. fitting, appropriate, worthy, decent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	decēns			decentēs	decentia
genitive	decentis			decentium
dative	decentī			decentibus
accusative	decentem	decēns		decentēs decentīs	decentia
ablative	decente decentī1			decentibus
vocative	decēns			decentēs	decentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• → Catalan: decent
• → English: decent
• → French: décent
• → Galician: decente
• → Italian: decente
• → Portuguese: decente
• → Romanian: decent
• → Spanish: decente

References

• “decens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "decens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “decens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.