dedecet

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 Publius Papinius 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 — —

Descendants

  • ⇒ Italian: disdire

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.
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