decet

English

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Cardinal: ten     Ordinal: tenth     Abbreviated ordinal: 10th     Latinate ordinal: denary     Adverbial: ten times     Multiplier: tenfold     Latinate multiplier: decuple     Germanic collective: tensome     Collective of n parts: decuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: decad, decade     Metric collective prefix: deca-     Greek collective prefix: deca-     Latinate collective prefix: deca-     Fractional: tenth     Metric fractional prefix: deci-     Elemental: decuplet     Number of musicians: decet     Number of years: decade, decennium

Alternative forms

• dectet

Etymology

From Italian decetto, from dieci (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈsɛt/

Noun

decet (plural decets)

1. (music) A group of ten musicians; a piece of music written for such a group

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dekēt, from earlier *dekējeti, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁-yé-ti, from *deḱ-, the same root as doceō.

Parallel semantics occur in Sanskrit दक्षति (dáksati, “is proper, seemly, fitting”), Ancient Greek δοκεῖ (dokeî, “seems good, correct, proper”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

decet (present infinitive decēre, perfect active decuit, supine decitum); second conjugation, third person-only, no passive

1. to adorn
2. to be decent, suitable, seemly, or proper

Conjugation

   Conjugation of decet (second conjugation, third person-only, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		—		decet		—		—		decent
	imperfect	—		—		decēbat		—		—		decēbant
	future	—		—		decēbit		—		—		decēbunt
	perfect	—		—		decuit		—		—		decuērunt, decuēre
	pluperfect	—		—		decuerat		—		—		decuerant
	future perfect	—		—		decuerit		—		—		decuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		—		deceat		—		—		deceant
	imperfect	—		—		decēret		—		—		decērent
	perfect	—		—		decuerit		—		—		decuerint
	pluperfect	—		—		decuisset		—		—		decuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	future	—		—		decētō		—		—		decentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		decēre			—			decēns			—
future		decitūrum esse			—			decitūrus			—
perfect		decuisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		decitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		decendī		decendō		decendum		decendō		decitum		decitū

Derived terms

• addecet
• condecet
• decens
• decibilis
• decor
• dēdecet

Related terms

• decus

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Old Venetan: diece
  • ⇒ Italian: addirsi (“be suitable”) (ad- + decere)
  • ⇒ Neapolitan: convece (medieval; convenit + decet)
  • ⇒ Sicilian: sdèciri (“be unsuitable”) (ex- + decere)
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Ladin: dies
  • Romansh: descher
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Old Ligurian: dexe
  • Old Lombard: dece
• Insular Romance:
  • Logudorese: dèghere
  • Nuorese: dèchere
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: decere

References

• “decet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decet”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “decere”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 199