decet Latin · revision 5952

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *deḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɛ.kɛt]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃet]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''decet''' (present infinitive decēre, perfect active decuit, supine decitum); second conjugation, third person-only, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*dek-ē-|t=fits, is right]], [[inh|ine-pro|*deḱ-eh₁-]], a stative of the root [[ine-pro|*deḱ-|t=to receive, accept]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[xum|tiçit|t=it is fitting]], [[grc|δέχομαι|tr=dékhomai|t=to receive]] and [[sa|दक्षति|tr=dákṣati|t=is able]].^(OLD 2012) The same root gives [[decus]] “honour”, [[dignus]] “worthy” and [[decor]] “beauty”, whose long /ō/ passed to [[decōrus]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to add grace to, adorn, become, as Plautus says that whatever she wears becomes her.^(OLD 2012) Impersonally it meant “it is becoming”, and then “it is fitting, proper, right”, of what agrees with accepted standards of taste or conduct.^(OLD 2012) Cicero discusses the word: ''decēre'' is what is fitting, and it is used only in the third person.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus says whatever she wears becomes her.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero discusses what is fitting.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To adorn, [[m|en|become]], suit.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (impersonal) It is becoming, [[m|en|seemly]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (impersonal) It is fitting, [[m|en|proper]], right.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[addecet]]

+ * [[condecet]]

+ * [[decentia]]

+ * [[decibilis]]

+ * [[decor]]

+ * [[decus]]

+ * [[dēdecet]]

+ * [[indeceō]]

+ * [[decens]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dexter]]

+ * [[discō]]

+ * [[doceō]]

+ * [[dignus]]

+ * [[en|decent]]

+ * [[en|decorum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}