decentia

Interlingua

Noun

decentia (plural decentias)

1. decency

Latin

Etymology

From decēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈken.ti.a/, [d̪ɛˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

decentia f (genitive decentiae); first declension

1. decency, comeliness, becomingness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	decentia	decentiae
genitive	decentiae	decentiārum
dative	decentiae	decentiīs
accusative	decentiam	decentiās
ablative	decentiā	decentiīs
vocative	decentia	decentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: decència
• French: décence
• Galician: decencia
• Italian: decenza
• Occitan: decéncia
• Portuguese: decência
• Romanian: decență
• Spanish: decencia

Participle

decentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of decēns

References

• “decentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.