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.

Related terms

• decet

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.