indecens
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪn.dɛ.kẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin.de.t͡ʃens]
Adjective
indecēns (genitive indecentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- unseemly, unbecoming
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.26.1:
- Quōmodo nix in aestāte, et pluviae in messe, sīc indecēns est stultō glōria.
- As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
- As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.
- Quōmodo nix in aestāte, et pluviae in messe, sīc indecēns est stultō glōria.
- indecent, improper
- unsightly, ugly
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | indecēns | indecentēs | indecentia | ||
| genitive | indecentis | indecentium | |||
| dative | indecentī | indecentibus | |||
| accusative | indecentem | indecēns | indecentīs indecentēs |
indecentia | |
| ablative | indecentī indecente |
indecentibus | |||
| vocative | indecēns | indecentēs | indecentia | ||
References
- “indecens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indecens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.