decens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of decet. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɛ.kẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃens] === Participle === decēns (genitive decentis, comparative decentior, superlative decentissimus, adverb decenter); third-declension one-termination participle fitting, appropriate, worthy, decent ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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, 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.