decentia

Interlingua

Noun

decentia (plural decentias)

1. decency

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Latin

Etymology

From decēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈken.ti.a/, [d̪ɛˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

decentia f (genitive decentiae); first declension

1. decency, comeliness, becomingness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	decentia	decentiae
Genitive	decentiae	decentiārum
Dative	decentiae	decentiīs
Accusative	decentiam	decentiās
Ablative	decentiā	decentiīs
Vocative	decentia	decentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: decència
• French: décence
• Galician: decencia
• Italian: decenza
• Portuguese: decência
• Spanish: decencia

Participle

(deprecated template usage) decentia

1. nominative neuter plural of decēns
2. accusative neuter plural of decēns
3. vocative neuter plural of decēns

References

• “decentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.