decet

English
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    Cardinal: ten
    Ordinal: tenth
    Latinate ordinal: denary
    Adverbial: ten times
    Multiplier: tenfold
    Latinate multiplier: decuple
    Group collective: tensome
    Multipart collective: decuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: decad, decade
    Metric collective prefix: deca-
    Greek collective prefix: deca-
    Latinate collective prefix: deca-
    Fractional: tenth
    Metric fractional prefix: deci-
    Elemental: decuplet
    Greek prefix: decato-
    Number of musicians: decet
    Number of years: decade, decennium

Alternative forms

Etymology

Italian decetto, from dieci (“ten”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛˈsɛt/

Noun

decet (plural decets)

  1. (music) A group of ten musicians; a piece of music written for such a group

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dekēō (third person singular *dekēt), from earlier *dekējō, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁-yé-ti, Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, the same root as doceō.

Pronunciation

Verb

decet (present infinitive decēre, perfect active decuit); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem, third person only

  1. to adorn
  2. to be decent, suitable, seemly, or proper

Conjugation

This verb is only used in 3rd-person forms, present and perfect infinitives, and present active participle.

   Conjugation of decet (second conjugation, no supine stem, third person only, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — decet — — decent
imperfect — — decēbat — — decēbant
future — — decēbit — — decēbunt
perfect — — decuit — — decuērunt,
decuēre
pluperfect — — decuerat — — decuerant
future perfect — — decuerit — — decuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — deceat — — deceant
imperfect — — decēret — — decērent
perfect — — decuerit — — decuerint
pluperfect — — decuisset — — decuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — — — — —
future — — decētō — — decentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives decēre decuisse — — — —
participles decēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
decendī decendō decendum decendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • ⇒ Neapolitan: convece (medieval; convenit + decet)
    • ⇒ Sicilian: sdèciri (“be unsuitable”) (ex- + decere)
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Ladin: dies
    • Romansch: descher
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Sardinian:
    • Logudorese: dèghere
    • Nuorese: dèchere

References
  • “decet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “decet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “decere”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 199
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