decenter Latin · revision 33796

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=43 BC–18 AD, Ovid|origins=ine-pro *deḱ-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɛˈkɛn.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈt͡ʃɛn.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''decenter''' (comparative decentius, superlative decentissimē, adjective decēns)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|decēns|-ter|t1=fitting, becoming]], the adverb of the participle of [[m|la|decet|t=it is fitting]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|decet]] to [[itc-pro|*dek-ē-|t=it fits, is right]] and [[ine-pro|*deḱ-eh₁-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Ovid,^(Köbler 2010) who has it of being gracefully sad and of weeping becomingly.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is in a manner that suits good taste, becomingly, gracefully.^(OLD 2012) Horace has the comparative of youth, to whom playfulness is more becoming, and Propertius uses it too.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Seneca has carving fowls gracefully, Quintilian saying some things more fittingly, and Pliny the Younger contrasts the fitting use of invented names with the apt use of real ones.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Georges notes that a passage in Cicero once cited for it is now read differently.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of becoming sadness.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, the comparative.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of carving gracefully.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In good taste, [[m|en|becomingly]], [[m|en|gracefully]], decently, properly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[decēns]]

+ * [[decet]]

+ * [[indecenter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}