dedecet
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.de.ket/, [ˈd̪eːd̪ɛkɛt̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.de.t͡ʃet/, [ˈd̪ɛːd̪et͡ʃet̪]
Verb
dēdecet (present infinitive dēdecēre, perfect active dēdecuit); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem, third person only
- (with accusative) is it unseemly or unsuitable; it is 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, no supine stem, third person only, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| future | — | — | dēdecētō | — | — | dēdecentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dēdecēre | dēdecuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | dēdecēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dēdecendī | dēdecendō | dēdecendum | dēdecendō | — | — | ||
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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