decens

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of decet (it is fitting)

Participle

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

  1. fitting, appropriate, worthy, decent.

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: decent
  • English: decent
  • French: décent
  • Galician: decente
  • Italian: decente
  • Portuguese: decente
  • Romanian: decent
  • Spanish: decente

References

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  • 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.