decet

== English == === Alternative forms === dectet === Etymology === From Italian decetto, from dieci (“ten”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɛˈsɛt/ === Noun === decet (plural decets) (music) A group of ten musicians; a piece of music written for such a group == Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Italic *dekēt, from earlier *dekējeti, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti, from *deḱ- (“take, perceive”). The same root as doceō. Parallel semantics occur in Sanskrit दक्षति (dáksati, “is proper, seemly, fitting”), Ancient Greek δοκεῖ (dokeî, “seems good, correct, proper”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɛ.kɛt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃet] === Verb === decet (present infinitive decēre, perfect active decuit, supine decitum); second conjugation, third person-only, no passive to adorn to be decent, suitable, seemly, or proper ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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