dedecus

Latin

Etymology

From dē (“from, away or down from”) + decus (“glory, honor, dignity”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dēdecus n (genitive dēdecoris); third declension

  1. Disgrace, dishonor, infamy, shame, discredit.
    Synonym: dehonestāmentum
    Antonyms: faciēs, pulchritūdō, decor, decus
  2. That which causes shame; a disgrace, blot, blemish.
  3. A shameful act; vice, turpitude.
  4. indecency

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēdecus dēdecora
Genitive dēdecoris dēdecorum
Dative dēdecorī dēdecoribus
Accusative dēdecus dēdecora
Ablative dēdecore dēdecoribus
Vocative dēdecus dēdecora

References
  • “dedecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dedecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dedecus 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)
  • dedecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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