LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, third person-only, no passive, no supine stem

dēdecet

dēdecet (present infinitive dēdecēre, perfect active dēdecuit)
Classical[ˈdeː.dɛ.kɛt]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.de.t͡ʃet]

Meaning

  1. with accusativeto be unseemly or unsuitable; to be unbecoming

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.——————
2nd sg.——————
3rd sg.dēdecetdēdecēbatdēdecēbitdēdecuitdēdecueratdēdecuerit
1st pl.——————
2nd pl.——————
3rd pl.dēdecentdēdecēbantdēdecēbuntdēdecuērunt
dēdecuēre		dēdecuerantdēdecuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.————
2nd sg.————
3rd sg.dēdeceatdēdecēretdēdecueritdēdecuisset
1st pl.————
2nd pl.————
3rd pl.dēdeceantdēdecērentdēdecuerintdēdecuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
fut. 3rd sg.dēdecētō—
fut. 3rd pl.dēdecentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēdecēre—
perfect infinitivedēdecuisse—
present participledēdecēns—
gerunddēdecendī, dēdecendō, dēdecendum

dē-dĕcet, cuit, 2,
I. v. impers. (very rarely pers., v. infra, II.), it is unseemly, unsuitable, unbecoming: decere quasi aptum esse consentaneumque tempori et personae, etc.... contraque item dedecere, Cic. Or. 22, 74.—
I. Prop. (class.; usually connected with a negation), construed like decet (q. v.), with nom. or inf. rei, and with acc. pers. or absol.
a.
(a). Neque te ministrum dedecet myrtus neque me sub arta vite bibentem, Hor. Od. 1, 38, 7: me usus precum, Ov. M. 6, 689: nihil se, id. Rem. Am. 410. In plur.: nec dominam motae dedecuere comae, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 12; 3, 15, 4.—
(b). Ut, si quid dedeceat, vitemus, Cic. Off. 1, 41: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 104.—
b.
(a). Oratorem irasci minime decet, simulare non dedecet, Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Ov. A. A. 2, 530: togam removeri, Quint. 11, 3, 124.—
(b). (Togae) extremam oram rejecisse non dedecet, Quint. 11, 3, 140; Hor. Od. 2, 12, 17.—
c. Ut iis, quae habent, modice et scienter utantur, et ut ne dedeceat, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132. —
II. By poet. license person. as a v. a., to dishonor, neglect a thing: si non dedecui tua jussa, Stat. Th. 10, 340: Atticus Claudiorum imagines dedecere videbatur, Tac. A. 2, 43.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēdecet

Latin dē- Latin decet Latin dēdecet From dē- (“away from, out of”) + decet (“it is decent, proper”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italiandisdire
Borrowings
  • Italiandesdecere

Quick answers

What does dēdecet mean in Latin?
dēdecet, a verb, means “to be unseemly or unsuitable; to be unbecoming”.
What are the principal parts of dēdecet?
dēdecet, dēdecēre, dēdecuit (second conjugation, third person-only, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce dēdecet?
In classical Latin, [ˈdeː.dɛ.kɛt]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdɛː.de.t͡ʃet].
Where does dēdecet come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēdecet.