decens

Latin

Etymology

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

Participle

decēns (genitive decentis, adverb decenter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. fitting, appropriate, worthy, decent.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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’s 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.
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