dedecus

== Latin == === Etymology === From dē (“from, away or down from”) + decus (“glory, honor, dignity”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdeː.dɛ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɛː.de.kus] === Noun === dēdecus n (genitive dēdecoris); third declension disgrace, dishonor, infamy, shame, discredit. Synonym: dehonestāmentum Antonyms: faciēs, pulchritūdō, decor, decus That which causes shame; a disgrace, blot, blemish. A shameful act; vice, turpitude. indecency ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== === 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, 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.