Latin search results for: decet

#1

verb

  • conjugation: 2nd conjugation
  • voice: impersonal passive

Definitions:

  1. become/adorn/grace
  2. it is fitting/right/seemly/suitable/proper
  3. it ought
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adverb

Definitions:

  1. henceforth
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980