dedecorus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.deˈkoː.rus/, [d̪eːd̪ɛˈkoːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.deˈko.rus/, [d̪ed̪eˈkɔːrus]
Adjective edit
dēdecōrus (feminine dēdecōra, neuter dēdecōrum); first/second-declension adjective
- (rare) dishonorable, bringing disgrace
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dēdecōrus | dēdecōra | dēdecōrum | dēdecōrī | dēdecōrae | dēdecōra | |
| Genitive | dēdecōrī | dēdecōrae | dēdecōrī | dēdecōrōrum | dēdecōrārum | dēdecōrōrum | |
| Dative | dēdecōrō | dēdecōrō | dēdecōrīs | ||||
| Accusative | dēdecōrum | dēdecōram | dēdecōrum | dēdecōrōs | dēdecōrās | dēdecōra | |
| Ablative | dēdecōrō | dēdecōrā | dēdecōrō | dēdecōrīs | |||
| Vocative | dēdecōre | dēdecōra | dēdecōrum | dēdecōrī | dēdecōrae | dēdecōra | |
References edit
- “dedecorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dedecorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers