dedecet

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *dekējeti

Proto-Italic *dekēt

Latin decet

Latin dēdecet

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (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 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
		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
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		—		dēdeceat		—		—		dēdeceant
	imperfect	—		—		dēdecēret		—		—		dēdecērent
	perfect	—		—		dēdecuerit		—		—		dēdecuerint
	pluperfect	—		—		dēdecuisset		—		—		dēdecuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	future	—		—		dēdecētō		—		—		dēdecentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		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

• addecet
• condecet
• decet

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: disdire
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: desdecere

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.